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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ End of the reign of Emperor Go-Toba, emperor of Japan

★ Emperor Tsuchimikado ascends to the throne of Japan

★ January 8 — Pope Innocent III succeeds Pope Celestine III as the 176th pope.

★ Frederick II, infant son of German King Henry VI, crowned King of Sicily

Births

★ August 24 — King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)

★ Ertugrul, Turkish leader, father of Osman I (d. 1281)

★ Ferdinand III of Castile (d. 1252)

★ Sybilla of Lusignan, wife of Leo II of Armenia (d. c. 1230)

Deaths

★ January 8 — Pope Celestine III (b. c. 1106)

★ March 11 — Marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145)

★ April 16 — Duke Frederick I of Austria (b. c. 1175)

★ September 1 — Dulce Berenguer, Queen of Portugal, spouse of King Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1160)

★ November 27 — Queen Constance of Sicily, wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1154)

★ December 10 — Averroes, Arab philosopher and physician (b. 1126)

★ Ruaidri mac Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair, High King of Ireland

★ Alix of France, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1150)

★ William III of Sicily (b. 1190)

★ June 2 — Lord Ygo III of Galama, Frisian knight and nobleman (b. 1139)

★ William of Newburgh, English historian (b. 1135)