1204

'Years:' 1201 1202 1203 - 1204 - 1205 1206 1207

'Decades:' 1170s 1180s 1190s - '1200s' - 1210s 1220s 1230s

'Centuries:' 12th century - '13th century' - 14th century

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ February - Byzantine emperor Alexius IV is overthrown in a revolution, and Alexius V is proclaimed emperor.

★ April 13 - The Fourth Crusade takes Constantinople by storm, and pillages 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.

★ 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 captured 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.

★ Beaulieu Abbey founded.

★ Jersey enjoys self-government thanks to the division of the Duchy of Normandy.

Births

★ Haakon IV, King of Norway (died 1263)

★ Heinrich Raspe, Landgraf of Thuringia (died 1247)

★ Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, Ra'îs of Manûrqa (died 1282)

Deaths

★ January 1 - King Haakon III of Norway.

★ February 8 - Alexius IV Angelus, Byzantine Emperor.

★ March 31 - Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of France and England.

★ August 11 - King Guttorm of Norway.

★ August 14 - Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (born 1182).

★ October 21 - Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester.

★ December 13 - Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (born 1135).

★ Ban Kulin - ruler of Bosnia (born 1163).

★ Amalric of Bena, French theologian.

★ William de Burgh, English politician.

★ Emeric of Hungary (born 1174).

★ Isaac II Angelus, Byzantine Emperor.

★ Suleiman II of Rum.

★ David Soslani, Prince of Ossetia.