1204
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Years:
1201
1202
1203
-
1204
-
1205
1206
1207
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Decades
:
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1180s
1190s
-
1200s
-
1210s
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1230s
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Centuries
:
12th century
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13th century
-
14th century
Events
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
, Count of
Flanders
is crowned emperor of the
Latin Empire
a week after his election by the members of the
Fourth Crusade
.
As a result of the fall of
Constantinople
and the creation of the
Latin Empire
,
Bulgaria
is forced to cede
Macedonia
to the new state.
Theodore I Lascaris
flees to
Nicaea
after the capture of Constantinople, and establishes the
Empire of Nicaea
;
Byzantine
successor states are also established in
Epirus
and
Trebizond
.
Boniface of Montferrat
, a leader of the Fourth Crusade, founds the
Kingdom of Thessalonica
.
The writings of
French
theologian
Amalric of Bena
are condemned by the
University of Paris
and
Pope Innocent III
.
Valdemar II
,
King of Denmark
, is recognized as king in
Norway
.
Angers
and
Normandy
are recaptured from
England
by
Philip II of France
.
The
Cistercian
convent
of
Port-Royal
is established.
The district of
Cham
becomes subject to
Bavaria
.
Philip of Swabia
becomes a subject of Hermann I of
Thuringia
.
Births
Haakon IV
,
King of Norway
Heinrich Raspe
,
Landgraf
of
Thuringia
Deaths
February - Byzantine emperor
Isaac II Angelus
March 31
-
Eleanor of Aquitaine
, queen of France and England (b.
1121
)
December 13
-
Maimonides
,
Jewish
philosopher
Minamoto no Yoriie
, second
shogun
of the
Kamakura Shogunate
of
Japan
Amalric of Bena
,
French
theologian
Heads of states
England
-
John I
King of England
(reigned from
1199
to
1216
)
France
-
Philippe II, Auguste
King of France
(reigned from
1180
to
1223
)
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