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

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