1202
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This article is about the year 1202.
| 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 | |
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| 1202 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1202 MCCII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1955 |
| Armenian calendar | 651 ԹՎ ՈԾԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5952 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -642–-641 |
| Bengali calendar | 609 |
| Berber calendar | 2152 |
| English Regnal year | 3 Joh. 1 – 4 Joh. 1 |
| 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 | 1258–1259 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1124–1125 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4303–4304 |
| Holocene calendar | 11202 |
| Igbo calendar | |
| - Ǹrí Ìgbò | 202–203 |
| Iranian calendar | 580–581 |
| Islamic calendar | 598–599 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Juche calendar | N/A (before 1912) |
| Julian calendar | 1202 MCCII |
| Korean calendar | 3535 |
| Minguo calendar | 710 before ROC 民前710年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1745 |
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Year 1202 (MCCII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events [edit]
By area [edit]
Asia [edit]
- May 20 – An earthquake occurs in Syria.
- Genghis Khan crushes the Tartars.
Europe [edit]
- July – John of England rescues his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, from near capture by the rebellious forces of Arthur I, Duke of Brittany.[1]
- 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 Almohad fleet expels the Banu Ghaniya from the Balearic Islands.[2]
- The Livonian Brothers of the Sword is founded.
- Pope Innocent III reasserts his right to evaluate and crown the Holy Roman Emperor, in a letter to the duke of Zahringen.
- Leonardo Fibonacci writes Liber Abaci, about the modus Indorum, the numbering method of India; it is the first major work in Europe toward moving away from the use of Roman numerals.
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Culture [edit]
- Leonardo Fibonacci publishes Liber Abaci, introducing the Arabian zero to Europe.
- (circa) The first jesters are hired in European courts.
- The chronicle of Roger of Wendover is of original value as of this year.
Religion [edit]
- The Real Monasterio de Nuestra Senora de Rueda is founded in Aragon Province, Spain.
Births [edit]
- 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)
Deaths [edit]
- January 9 – Birger Brosa, Swedish jarl since 1174
- March 9 – Sverre Sigurdsson, King of Norway since 1184
- March 13 – Mieszko III, king of Poland (b. c. 1121)
- May 7 – Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey
- November 12 – Canute VI of Denmark (b. 1163)
- Cathal Carragh Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht
- Alain de Lille, French theologian and poet (b. c. 1128)
