1197
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| 2nd millennium | 
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| 1197 in poetry | 
| Gregorian calendar | 1197 MCXCVII | 
| Ab urbe condita | 1950 | 
| Armenian calendar | 646 ԹՎ ՈԽԶ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 5947 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1118–1119 | 
| Bengali calendar | 603–604 | 
| Berber calendar | 2147 | 
| English Regnal year | 8 Ric. 1 – 9 Ric. 1 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 1741 | 
| Burmese calendar | 559 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 6705–6706 | 
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3894 or 3687 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3895 or 3688 | 
| Coptic calendar | 913–914 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2363 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1189–1190 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 4957–4958 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1253–1254 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1118–1119 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4297–4298 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11197 | 
| Igbo calendar | 197–198 | 
| Iranian calendar | 575–576 | 
| Islamic calendar | 593–594 | 
| Japanese calendar | Kenkyū 8 (建久8年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 1104–1106 | 
| Julian calendar | 1197 MCXCVII | 
| Korean calendar | 3530 | 
| Minguo calendar | 715 before ROC 民前715年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | −271 | 
| Seleucid era | 1508/1509 AG | 
| Thai solar calendar | 1739–1740 | 
| 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 | 
Year 1197 (MCXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.