1207

'Years:' 1204 1205 1206 - 1207 - 1208 1209 1210

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

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

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Head of State in 1207

Events

★ Stephen Langton consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury June 17 by Pope Innocent III.

★ Pope Innocent III declares for Philip of Swabia as Holy Roman Emperor, a reversal of his previous support for Otto IV.

★ King John issued letters patent creating the new Borough of Liverpool

★ Honen and his followers are exiled to remote parts of Japan, while a few are executed, for what the government considered heretical Buddhist teachings.

Births

★ September 8 - King Sancho II of Portugal

★ September 30 - Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian poet and Sufi mystic (died 1273)

★ October 1 - King Henry III of England (died 1272)

★ Henry II, Duke of Brabant (died 1248)

★ Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary and saint (died 1231)

★ Philip I of Savoy (died 1285)

Deaths

★ January 4 - Simon II, Duke of Lorraine

★ June 17 - Daoji, Chinese buddhist monk (born 1130)

★ Amaury of Bene, heretic

★ Kaloyan, Tsar of Bulgaria

★ Xin Qiji, Chinese general and poet (born 1140)

★ Han Tuozhou, Chinese statesman (born 1152)

Head of State in 1207

★ France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)

★ Mongol Empire - Genghis Khan, Mongol Khan (from 1206 to 1227)

★ Venice - Pietro Ziani Doge of Venice (ruled from 1205 to 1229)

★ England - John King of England (reigned from 1199 to 1216)

★ Latin Empire of Constantinople - Henry of Flanders (reigned from 1205 to 1216)

★ Pope - Innocent III (pope from 1198 to 1216)