1199
Year 1199 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.Events
- January 13 - A short-lived truce is declared, between England and France.
- March 25 - King Richard I of England is shot in the left shoulder with a crossbow, by French boy Pierre Basile, at the siege of the castle of Châlus in France. The war between the kingdoms of England and France has become so brutal, that Hugh of Lincoln is warned that "nothing now is safe, neither the city to dwell in nor the highway for travel".
- April 6 - King Richard I of England dies from gangrene, caused by his crossbow wound. His younger brother, John, becomes king of England. Richard's jewels are left to his nephew, Otto, King of the Romans. As a result of Richard's death, French soldier Mercadier has Pierre Basile flayed alive and hanged.
- King Philip II of France renews his war against John, King of England, supporting the rival claim to the English throne of Arthur I, Duke of Brittany.
- St Laurence's Church, Ludlow, in England is rebuilt.
Births
- April 17 - Marie, Countess of Ponthieu
- probable
- *Isobel of Huntingdon, Scottish noble, daughter of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon
- *Joan, Countess of Flanders
- possible - King Guttorm of Norway
Deaths
- January 23 - Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Almohad Caliph
- February 9 - Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun
- February 13 - Stefan Nemanja, Serbian Grand Prince and founder of Nemanjić dynasty
- March 17 - Jocelin of Glasgow, Scottish bishop
- April 6 - Richard the Lionheart, King of England
- September 4 - Joan of England, Queen of Sicily, married to William II of Sicily
