Events Europe January 8 — Pope Innocent III succeeds Pope Celestine III as the 176th pope. March – Philip of Swabia's elected King of Germany by his supporters. July – Otto of Brunswick's crowned King of Germany by the House of Welf. Frederick II, infant son of German King Henry VI,'s crowned King of Sicily. Asia Emperor Tsuchimikado succeeds Emperor Go-Toba on the throne of Japan. Births August 24 — King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) Ertugrul, Turkish leade… (More on 1198)