1200s (decade)

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Years: 1200 1201 1202 1203 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208 1209
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This is a list of events occurring in the 1200s, ordered by year.

1200

1201

1202

By area

Asia

Europe

By topic

Culture

Religion

1203

By area

Asia

Europe

By topic

Markets

  • First evidence that the Temple in London is extending loans to the king of England. The sums remained relatively small but were often used for critical operations such as the ransoming of the king’s soldiers captured by the French.[5]

Religion


1204

Conquest of Constantinople by the Crusaders

1205

By area

Africa

  • The general Muhammad al_Inti b. Abi Hafs establishes the Almohad domination over the eastern parts of Ifriqiya and enters in Tripoli.[4]

Asia

Europe

By topic

Religion

  • July 15 – Pope lays down the principle that Jews are doomed to perpetual servitude because they had crucified Jesus.


1206

By area

Asia

Europe

By topic

Arts and culture

  • Sugar, an import from the Muslim world, is mentioned for the first time in a royal English account. Almonds, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg are also imported for royal banquets.[8]

Education

Religion

Technics

  • The Arab engineer al-Jazari describes many mechanical inventions in his book (title translated to English) The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices.


1207

By area

Asia

  • Before 1207 – Kosho makes Kuya Preaching. Kamakura period. It is now kept at Rokuhara Mitsu-ji, Kyoto.
  • Hōnen and his followers are exiled to remote parts of Japan, while a few are executed, for what the government considers heretical Buddhist teachings.

Europe

By topic

Markets

  • First evidence of forced loans in Venice. This technique becomes the staple of public finance in Europe until the 16th century.[11]

Religion

1208

By area

Asia

  • April 15 – A fire breaks out in the Song Chinese capital city of Hangzhou, raging for 4 days and nights, destroying 58,097 houses over an area of more than 3 miles, 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.

Europe

By topic

Arts and culture

1209

By area

Asia

Europe

By topic

Education

Markets

  • Philippe Auguste of France grants a "conduit" to merchants going to the Champagne fairs guaranteeing the safety of their travel as any attempt made against them is now to be considered as a crime of lese-majesty. The decision increases again the appeal of the fairs to merchants from Italy and the Low Countries.[14]
  • Formation of the banking firm known as the Gran Tavola, most of the partners are members of the Bonsignori family. [15]

Religion


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References

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  6. King John by Warren. Published by University of California Press in 1961. p. 111
  7. King John by Warren. Published by University of California Press in 1961. p. 130
  8. King John by Warren. Published by University of California Press in 1961. p. 139
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  12. King John by Warren. Published by University of California Press in 1961. p. 171
  13. King John by Warren. Published by University of California Press in 1961. p. 141
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