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Millennium:	2nd millennium
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 v • d • e

Art and literature

1202 in poetry v • d • e

1202 in other calendars

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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Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Heads of states

[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).