Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century Decades: 1150s 1160s 1170s 1180s 1190s - 1200s - 1210s 1220s 1230s 1240s 1250s
Years: 1200Events University of Paris receives charter from Philip II of France Births Matthew Paris, English Benedictine monk and chronicler (approximate date). Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, eldest, illegitimate son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1244) Deaths The prominent Chin 1201Events The town of Riga was chartered as a city. Boniface of Montferrat is elected leader of the Fourth Crusade, after the death of Theobald III of Champagne. Births Deaths Absalon, Danish archbishop Agnes Of Meran September 5 Constance, Duchess of Britta 1202Events August 1 Arthur of Brittany captured in Mirebeau, north of Poitiers Beginning of the Fourth Crusade. The chronicle of Roger of Wendover is of original value as of this year. Founding of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword Leonardo Fibonacci invents 1203Events April 16 Philip II of France enters Rouen, leading to the eventual unification of Normandy and France. June 23 Fleet of the Fourth Crusade enters Bosphorus July 17 Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault; the Byzantine emperor Alexius III 1204Events February Byzantine emperor Alexius IV is overthrown in a revolution, and Alexius V is proclaimed emperor. April 12 The Fourth Crusade take Constantinople by storm, and pillage the city for three days. End of the Fourth Crusade. May 16 Baldwin, Coun 1205Events January 6 Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans April 14 Battle of Adrianople (1205) between Bulgars and Latins August 20 Following certain news of Baldwin I's death, Henry of Flanders is crowned Emperor of the latin Empire Births Deaths Roma 1206Events Temujin is proclaimed Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, founding the Mongol Empire Qutb ud-Din proclaims the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. Livonian Brothers of the Sword in alliance with Semigallians conquers 1207Events Stephen Langton consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury June 17 by Pope Innocent III Births September 8 King Sancho II of Portugal October 1 Henry III of England ( English monarch) in Winchester Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (poet and Sufi mystic) Elizab 1208 1209
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