1208

1208 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1208; MCCVIII
Ab urbe condita	1961
Armenian calendar	657; ԹՎ ՈԾԷ
Assyrian calendar	5958
Balinese saka calendar	1129–1130
Bengali calendar	615
Berber calendar	2158
English Regnal year	9 Joh. 1 – 10 Joh. 1
Buddhist calendar	1752
Burmese calendar	570
Byzantine calendar	6716–6717
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit); 3905 or 3698; — to —; 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon); 3906 or 3699
Coptic calendar	924–925
Discordian calendar	2374
Ethiopian calendar	1200–1201
Hebrew calendar	4968–4969
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1264–1265
- Shaka Samvat	1129–1130
- Kali Yuga	4308–4309
Holocene calendar	11208
Igbo calendar	208–209
Iranian calendar	586–587
Islamic calendar	604–605
Japanese calendar	Jōgen 2; (承元２年)
Javanese calendar	1116–1117
Julian calendar	1208; MCCVIII
Korean calendar	3541
Minguo calendar	704 before ROC; 民前704年
Nanakshahi calendar	−260
Thai solar calendar	1750–1751
Tibetan calendar	阴火兔年; (female Fire-Rabbit); 1334 or 953 or 181; — to —; 阳土龙年; (male Earth-Dragon); 1335 or 954 or 182

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century; 13th century ; 14th century;
Decades:	1180s; 1190s; 1200s ; 1210s; 1220s;
Years:	1205; 1206; 1207; 1208 ; 1209; 1210; 1211;

Year 1208 (MCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

April 15 – A fire breaks out in the Song Chinese capital city of Hangzhou, raging for four days and nights, destroying 58,097 houses over an area of more than 3 miles (4.8 km), killing 59 people, and an unrecorded number of other people, who are trampled while attempting to flee. The government provides temporary lodging for 5,345 people, in nearby Buddhist and Taoist monasteries. The collective victims of the disaster are given 160,000 strings of cash, along with 400 tons of rice. Some of the government officials who lost their homes take up residence in rented boathouses, on the nearby West Lake.

January 15 – The murder of Pierre de Castelnau by a vassal of Raymond VI of Toulouse takes place; Raymond is held responsible and excommunicated by Pope Innocent III, leading to the Albigensian Crusade.^[1]
January 31 – Battle of Lena: Inferior Swedish forces defeat the invading Danes, and King Sverker the Younger is deposed as king of Sweden. He is succeeded by his rival Erik Knutsson.
March 24 – Pope Innocent III places England under an interdict, as punishment for King John of England rejecting his choice for Archbishop of Canterbury. Under the interdict, Church sacraments including marriage and consecrated burial are probably stopped, but there is no sign of the popular discontent which interdicts are intended to produce over the next several years.^[2]
June 21 – Philip of Swabia, King of Germany and rival to Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV, is assassinated in Bamberg by German Count Otto of Wittelsbach, because Philip had refused to give him his daughter in marriage.
June 30 – The Battle of Philippopolis between the Second Bulgarian Empire and the Latin Empire takes place near modern Plovdiv, Bulgaria, resulting in a Latin victory.
Livonian Crusade: With the help of the newly converted local tribes of Livs and Letts, the crusader Livonian Brothers of the Sword initiate raids into Ugandi County in southern Estonia. The resulting Estonian ancient fight for independence lasts until 1227.

^ Sumption, Jonathan (1978). The Albigensian Crusade. London, England: Faber. ISBN 0-571-11064-9.
^ King John by Warren. Published by University of California Press in 1961. p. 171
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pierre de Castelnau" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 591.

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