- 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
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