Events

Europe

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

• March – Philip of Swabia is elected King of Germany by his supporters.

• July – Otto of Brunswick is crowned King of Germany by the House of Welf.

• Frederick II, infant son of German King Henry VI, is crowned King of Sicily.

Asia

• Emperor Tsuchimikado succeeds Emperor Go-Toba on the throne of Japan.

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)

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

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

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

• December 11—Averroes, Arab philosopher and physician (b. 1126)

• Ruaidri Ua Conchobair, last High King of Ireland

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

• William III of Sicily (b. 1190)

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