1196

1196 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1196; MCXCVI
Ab urbe condita	1949
Armenian calendar	645; ԹՎ ՈԽԵ
Assyrian calendar	5946
Balinese saka calendar	1117–1118
Bengali calendar	603
Berber calendar	2146
English Regnal year	7 Ric. 1 – 8 Ric. 1
Buddhist calendar	1740
Burmese calendar	558
Byzantine calendar	6704–6705
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit); 3892 or 3832; — to —; 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon); 3893 or 3833
Coptic calendar	912–913
Discordian calendar	2362
Ethiopian calendar	1188–1189
Hebrew calendar	4956–4957
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1252–1253
- Shaka Samvat	1117–1118
- Kali Yuga	4296–4297
Holocene calendar	11196
Igbo calendar	196–197
Iranian calendar	574–575
Islamic calendar	592–593
Japanese calendar	Kenkyū 7; (建久７年)
Javanese calendar	1103–1104
Julian calendar	1196; MCXCVI
Korean calendar	3529
Minguo calendar	716 before ROC; 民前716年
Nanakshahi calendar	−272
Seleucid era	1507/1508 AG
Thai solar calendar	1738–1739
Tibetan calendar	阴木兔年; (female Wood-Rabbit); 1322 or 941 or 169; — to —; 阳火龙年; (male Fire-Dragon); 1323 or 942 or 170

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1160s 1170s 1180s – 1190s – 1200s 1210s 1220s
Years:	1193 1194 1195 – 1196 – 1197 1198 1199

1196 (MCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1196th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 196th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 12th century, and the 7th year of the 1190s decade. As of the start of 1196, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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.