1196

Years: 1193 1194 1195 - 1196 - 1197 1198 1199

Decades: 1160s 1170s 1180s - 1190s - 1200s 1210s 1220s

Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century

Events

* Spring, London, popular uprising of the poor against the rich led by William Fitz Osbern.
* According to a popular legend, Prince Madog of Gwynedd reached North America in what is present-day Alabama.
* Stefan Prvovencani becomes Grand Župan of Serbia
* Creation of water boards in the region of present-day Netherlands, thereby being one of the oldest democratic entities still in existence in the world today.

Births

* January 3 - Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (died 1231)
* Alice of Champagne, daughter of Henry II of Champagne and regent of Jerusalem (died 1246)

Deaths

* August 15 - Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (born 1173)
*King Alfonso II of Aragon (born 1152)
* Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria
* William Fitz Osbern
* Vsevolod Svyatoslavich, Prince of Trubchevsk and Kursk