Major Events
- Jan 8 Lotario di Segni elected Pope Innocentius III
- Mar 10 The Giralda minaret designed by architect Ben Ahmad for the Almohad mosque in Seville is completed. Now the Bell Tower for Seville's cathedral.
- Sep 5 Philips of Zwabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, crowned King of Germany and King of the Romans
- Dec 26 French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest
Born in 1198
- Aug 24 King Alexander II of Scotland, born in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland (d. 1249)
Who Died in 1198
- Jan 8 Pope Celestine III [Giacinto Bobo], Italian pope and friend of Peter Abélard, reigned 1191-98, dies at about 91
- Mar 11 Marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145)
- Apr 16 Duke Frederick I of Austria
- May 31 Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies
- Nov 27 Queen Constance of Sicily, wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1154)
More 1198 Deaths
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