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Years: 1206 1207 1208 – 1209 – 1210 1211 1212

Decades: 1170s 1180s 1190s – 1200s – 1210s 1220s 1230s

Centuries: 12th century – 13th century – 14th century

1209 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

1209 in poetry v • d • e

1209 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1209 MCCIX
Ab urbe condita	1962
Armenian calendar	658 ԹՎ ՈԾԸ
Bahá'í calendar	-635 – -634
Bengali calendar	616
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
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[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.