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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ University of Paris received charter from Philip II of France.

★ The Kanem-Bornu Empire was established in Northern Africa around the year 1200.

★ Mongol victory over Northern China.

★ Buddhism declines in India (approximate date).

Births

★ Al-Abhari, Persian philosopher and mathematician (d. 1265)

★ Ulrich von Liechtenstein, German nobleman and poet (d. 1278)

★ Adam Marsh, English Franciscan (approximate date; d. 1259)

★ John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry (d. 1240)

★ Matthew Paris, English Benedictine monk and chronicler (approximate date; d. 1259)

★ Rabbi Isaac ben Moses of Vienna (d. 1270)

★ January 19 — Dogen Zenji, founder of Soto Zen (d. 1253)

Deaths

★ Joscelin III of Edessa, Count of Edessa.

★ April 23 — Zhu Xi, Chinese Confucian philosopher (b. 1130).

★ December — Gilbert Horal, 12th Grand Master of the Knights Templar.

★ Countess Beatrice of Dia (approximate date).