1197 (MCXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1197th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 197th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 12th century, and the 8th year of the 1190s decade. As of the start of 1197, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 11th century12th century13th century
Decades: 1160s  1170s  1180s  – 1190s –  1200s  1210s  1220s
Years: 1194 1195 119611971198 1199 1200
1197 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1197
MCXCVII
Ab urbe condita1950
Armenian calendar646
ԹՎ ՈԽԶ
Assyrian calendar5947
Balinese saka calendar1118–1119
Bengali calendar604
Berber calendar2147
English Regnal yearRic. 1 – 9 Ric. 1
Buddhist calendar1741
Burmese calendar559
Byzantine calendar6705–6706
Chinese calendar丙辰(Fire Dragon)
3893 or 3833
    — to —
丁巳年 (Fire Snake)
3894 or 3834
Coptic calendar913–914
Discordian calendar2363
Ethiopian calendar1189–1190
Hebrew calendar4957–4958
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1253–1254
 - Shaka Samvat1118–1119
 - Kali Yuga4297–4298
Holocene calendar11197
Igbo calendar197–198
Iranian calendar575–576
Islamic calendar593–594
Japanese calendarKenkyū 8
(建久8年)
Javanese calendar1104–1106
Julian calendar1197
MCXCVII
Korean calendar3530
Minguo calendar715 before ROC
民前715年
Nanakshahi calendar−271
Seleucid era1508/1509 AG
Thai solar calendar1739–1740
Tibetan calendar阳火龙年
(male Fire-Dragon)
1323 or 942 or 170
    — to —
阴火蛇年
(female Fire-Snake)
1324 or 943 or 171

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