1197
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Events

• Amalric II succeeds Henry II of Champagne as King of Jerusalem.
• Theobald III becomes Count of Champagne.
• Arbroath Abbey is consecrated, and dedicated to St. Thomas Becket.
• Kaloyan becomes Tsar of Bulgaria.
• Corfu is occupied by the Genoese.
• Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury, negotiates a peace with Wales.
• North Crawley is split into Great Crawley and Little Crawley.
• Philip of Swabia marries Irene Angelina, daughter of Byzantine emperor Isaac II.
• The Danes attack Estonia.
• Genghis Khan defeats the Jurkins. Mukhali's father gives him and his brother to Genghis Khan as personal hereditary slaves.

Births

• October 22 — Emperor Juntoku of Japan (d. 1242)
• Amadeus IV of Savoy (d. 1253)
• Raymond VII of Toulouse (d. 1249)

Deaths

• January — William Longchamp, Lord Chancellor of England and bishop
• April 28 — Rhys ap Gruffydd, Welsh ruler (b. 1132)
• September 10 — Henry II of Champagne (b. 1166)
• September 29 — Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165)
• Marguerite of France, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1158)