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1196

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Year 1196 (MCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

  • England is struck by a pestilence and a resulting famine
  • Spring – In London, a popular uprising of the poor against the rich is led by William Fitz Osbern.
  • Upon the death of Knut Eriksson, he succeeded peacefully as king of Sweden by his rival Sverker the Younger.
  • According to a popular legend, Prince Madog of Gwynedd reaches North America in what is present-day Alabama.
  • Stefan Prvovencani becomes Grand Župan of Serbia.
  • General Ch'oe Ch'ung-hon takes control in Korea.
  • First recorded use of "Katherine" as a female first name in England.

    • Births

  • January 3 – Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)
  • Alice of Champagne, daughter of Henry II of Champagne and regent of Jerusalem (d. 1246)

    • Deaths

  • April 23 – Béla III of Hungary (b. c.1148)
  • August 15 – Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)
  • King Alfonso II of Aragon (b. 1152)
  • Tsar Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria
  • William Fitz Osbern
  • Knut Eriksson, king of Sweden since 1167

    • References

    1196 Wikipedia
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