1202
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1170s 1180s 1190s – 1200s – 1210s 1220s 1230s |
| Years: | 1199 1200 1201 – 1202 – 1203 1204 1205 |
| 1202 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1202 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1202 MCCII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1955 |
| Armenian calendar | 651 ԹՎ ՈԾԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -642 – -641 |
| Bengali calendar | 609 |
| Berber calendar | 2152 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1746 |
| Burmese calendar | 564 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6710 – 6711 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年十二月初六日 (3838/3898-12-6) — to —
壬戌年十二月十六日(3839/3899-12-16) |
| Coptic calendar | 918 – 919 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1194 – 1195 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4962 – 4963 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1257 – 1258 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1124 – 1125 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4303 – 4304 |
| Holocene calendar | 11202 |
| Iranian calendar | 580 – 581 |
| Islamic calendar | 598 – 599 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3535 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1745 |
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[edit] Events
- May 20 – An earthquake occurs in Syria.
- July 27 – Georgians defeat the Seljuqids of Rüm at the Battle of Basian.
- August 1 – Arthur of Brittany is captured in Mirabeau, north of Poitiers, during a battle with John of England.
- November 10–November 23 – Fourth Crusade – Siege of Zara: The Crusaders besiege and conquer Zara, Croatia.
- The chronicle of Roger of Wendover is of original value as of this year.
- The Livonian Brothers of the Sword is founded.
- The Real Monasterio de Nuestra Senora de Rueda is founded in Aragon Province, Spain.
- Leonardo Fibonacci publishes Liber Abaci, introducing the Arabian zero to Europe.
- The first jesters are hired in European courts.
- The village of Schallodenbach is established.
- Genghis Khan crushes the Tartars.
- Pope Innocent III reasserts his right to evaluate and crown the Holy Roman Emperor, in a letter to the duke of Zahringen.
[edit] Births
- Matilda II of Boulogne, Queen of Portugal, spouse of King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1262)
- Margaret II of Flanders (d. 1278)
- Qin Jiushao, Chinese mathematician of the Song Dynasty (d. 1261)
[edit] Deaths
- March 8 – Sverre Sigurdsson, King of Norway
- May 7 – Hamelin de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey
- Cathal Carragh Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht
- Canute VI of Denmark (b. 1163)
- Alain de Lille, French theologian and poet (b. c. 1128)
- Mieszko III, king of Poland (b. c. 1121)
[edit] Heads of states
- England – John, King of England (reigned 1199 – 1216).
- France – Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223).
