1203
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1203 is a year in the 13th century.
Years: 1200 1201 1202 - 1203 - 1204 1205 1206 |
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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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[edit] Events
- April 16 - Philip II of France enters Rouen, leading to the eventual unification of Normandy and France.
- April 8 - Congress in Bilino Polje, where Ban Kulin officially declared his allegiance to the Roman Catholic Church and denounced the heresy.
- June 23 - Fleet of the Fourth Crusade enters Bosphorus
- July 17 - Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault; the Byzantine emperor Alexius III flees from his capital into exile.
- August 1 - Fourth Crusade elevates Alexius IV as Byzantine emperor, after the citizens of Constantinople proclaim as emperor Isaac II Angelus (Alexius IV's father).
- William de Braose, Fourth Lord of Bramber becomes the guardian of Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, and is possibly responsible for his death.
- Minamoto no Sanetomo becomes shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate
[edit] Births
- Peter II of Savoy (died 1268)
[edit] Deaths
- Peter of Blois, French poet and diplomat (born 1135)
- Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (born 1187)
- Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd
[edit] Heads of states
- France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)