History
1198
General
Population: 398 Million*
- William of Newburgh writes "Historia rerum Anglicarum"
- Religion: German Hospitalers become Teutonic Order
Death of Pope Celestine III – Pope Innocent III (Lothario dei Conti di Segni Anagni)
- Deaths: Pope Celestine III, Successor to Saladin Al-Aziz Imad al-din, Philosopher Ibn Rushd (Averröes)
Europe
- Holy Roman Empire: Otto IV named Holy Roman Emperor to 1212
- Italian states: Mt. Vesuvius erupts
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