1204

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[edit] Events

  • February - Byzantine emperor Alexius IV is overthrown in a revolution, and Alexius V is proclaimed emperor.
  • April 12 - The Fourth Crusade take Constantinople by storm, and pillage the city for three days. End of the Fourth Crusade.
  • 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 recaptured from England 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 founded.
  • Jersey enjoys self-government thanks to the division of the Duchy of Normandy.

[edit] Births

  • Haakon IV, King of Norway (died 1263)
  • Heinrich Raspe, Landgraf of Thuringia (died 1247)
  • Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, Ra'îs of Manûrqa (died 1282)

[edit] Deaths