1196
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| 1196 in poetry | 
| Gregorian calendar | 1196 MCXCVI | 
| Ab urbe condita | 1949 | 
| Armenian calendar | 645 ԹՎ ՈԽԵ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 5946 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1117–1118 | 
| Bengali calendar | 602–603 | 
| Berber calendar | 2146 | 
| English Regnal year | 7 Ric. 1 – 8 Ric. 1 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 1740 | 
| Burmese calendar | 558 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 6704–6705 | 
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3893 or 3686 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3894 or 3687 | 
| Coptic calendar | 912–913 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2362 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1188–1189 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 4956–4957 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1252–1253 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1117–1118 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4296–4297 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11196 | 
| Igbo calendar | 196–197 | 
| Iranian calendar | 574–575 | 
| Islamic calendar | 592–593 | 
| Japanese calendar | Kenkyū 7 (建久7年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 1103–1104 | 
| Julian calendar | 1196 MCXCVI | 
| Korean calendar | 3529 | 
| Minguo calendar | 716 before ROC 民前716年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | −272 | 
| Seleucid era | 1507/1508 AG | 
| Thai solar calendar | 1738–1739 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 1322 or 941 or 169 — to — 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 1323 or 942 or 170 | 
Year 1196 (MCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.