What is 1196?
{{Year nav|1196}} {{Year in various calendars|1196}} {{Year article header|1196}} == Events == * Spring, London, popular uprising of the poor against the rich led by [[William Fitz Osbern (1196)|William Fitz Osbern]]. * According to a popular legend, [[Madoc|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 (d. [[1231]]) * [[Alice of Champagne]], daughter of [[Henry II of Champagne]] and regent of [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]] (d. [[1246]]) == Deaths == * [[August 15]] — [[Conrad II, Duke of Swabia]] (b. [[1173]]) * King [[Alfonso II of Aragon]] (b. [[1152]]) * [[Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria]] * [[William Fitz Osbern (1196)|William Fitz Osbern]] * [[Vsevolod Svyatoslavich]], Prince of [[Trubchevsk]] and [[Kursk]] [[Category:1196| ]]