1209
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| Years: 1206 1207 1208 – 1209 – 1210 1211 1212 |
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| Decades: 1170s 1180s 1190s – 1200s – 1210s 1220s 1230s |
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| Centuries: 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
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| 1209 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1209 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1209 MCCIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1962 |
| Armenian calendar | 658 ԹՎ ՈԾԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -635 – -634 |
| Berber calendar | 2159 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1753 |
| Burmese calendar | 571 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6717 – 6718 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊辰年十一月廿三日 (3845/3905-11-23) — to —
己巳年十二月初三日(3846/3906-12-3) |
| Coptic calendar | 925 – 926 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1201 – 1202 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4969 – 4970 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1264 – 1265 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1131 – 1132 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4310 – 4311 |
| Holocene calendar | 11209 |
| Iranian calendar | 587 – 588 |
| Islamic calendar | 605 – 606 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3542 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1752 |
[edit] Events
- The Albigensian Crusade is launched against the Cathars.
- July 22 – Simon de Monfort, leader of the Albigensian Crusade, sacks Beziers, killing many Cathars and Catholics alike.
- August – Simon de Monfort takes over Carcassonne.
- November – John of England is excommunicated by Pope Innocent III.
- The Franciscan Order is founded.
- Cambridge University is founded.
- London Bridge is completed.
- Genghis Khan conquers Western Xia.
- The army of the Kingdom of Georgia raids the Muslim principalities in north Iran.
[edit] Births
- January 5 – Richard, Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)
- Hajji Bektash Wali, Turkish mystic (d. 1271)
[edit] Deaths
- November 12 – Phillipe de Plessis, Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. 1165)
- Walter Map, Welsh writer (b. 1137)
- Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Persian theologian and philosopher (b. 1149)
- Nezami Ganjavi, Persian mystic poet.
