1204
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| Years: 1201 1202 1203 - 1204 - 1205 1206 1207 |
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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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| 1204 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1204 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1204 MCCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1957 |
| Armenian calendar | 653 ԹՎ ՈԾԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -640 – -639 |
| Berber calendar | 2154 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1748 |
| Burmese calendar | 566 |
| Chinese calendar | 3840/3900-11-28 (癸亥年十一月廿八日) — to —
3841/3901-12-9(甲子年十二月初九日) |
| Coptic calendar | 920 – 921 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1196 – 1197 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4964 – 4965 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1259 – 1260 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1126 – 1127 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4305 – 4306 |
| Holocene calendar | 11204 |
| Iranian calendar | 582 – 583 |
| Islamic calendar | 600 – 601 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3537 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1747 |
[edit] Events
- February - Byzantine emperor Alexius IV is overthrown in a revolution, and Alexius V is proclaimed emperor.
- April 13 - Fourth Crusade: The Crusaders take Constantinople by storm, and pillage the city for 3 days.
- May 16 - Baldwin, Count of Flanders is crowned emperor of the Latin Empire a week after his election by the members of the Fourth Crusade.
- Theodore I Lascaris flees to Nicaea after the capture of Constantinople, and establishes the Empire of Nicaea; Byzantine successor states are also established in Epirus and Trebizond.
- Boniface of Montferrat, a leader of the Fourth Crusade, founds the Kingdom of Thessalonica.
- The writings of French theologian Amalric of Bena are condemned by the University of Paris and Pope Innocent III.
- Valdemar II, King of Denmark, is recognized as king in Norway.
- Angers and Normandy are captured by Philip II of France.
- The Cistercian convent of Port-Royal is established.
- The district of Cham becomes subject to Bavaria.
- Philip of Swabia becomes a subject of Hermann I of Thuringia.
- Beaulieu Abbey is founded.
- Jersey enjoys self-government thanks to the division of the Duchy of Normandy.
- Pope Innocent III proclaims the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars of Languedoc.
[edit] Births
- Haakon IV, King of Norway (d. 1263)
- Heinrich Raspe, Landgraf of Thuringia (d. 1247)
- Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, Ra'îs of Manûrqa (d. 1282)
[edit] Deaths
- January 1 - King Haakon III of Norway
- February 8 - Alexius IV Angelus, Byzantine Emperor
- April 1 - Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of France and England
- August 11 - King Guttorm of Norway
- August 14 - Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)
- October 21 - Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English nobleman
- December 13 - Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (b. 1135)
- Ban Kulin - ruler of Bosnia (b. 1163)
- Amalric of Bena, French theologian
- William de Burgh, English politician
- Emeric of Hungary (b. 1174)
- Isaac II Angelus, Byzantine Emperor
- Suleiman II of Rum
