1204
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 |
1204 by topic | |
Politics | |
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Establishments - |
Gregorian calendar | 1204 MCCIV |
Ab urbe condita | 1957 |
Armenian calendar | 653 ԹՎ ՈԾԳ |
Bahá'í calendar | -640 – -639 |
Buddhist calendar | 1748 |
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 | – |
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 | |
- Imperial Year | 1864 (皇紀1864年) |
Julian calendar | 1249 |
Korean calendar | 3537 |
Thai solar calendar | 1747 |
Events
- February - Byzantine emperor Alexius IV is overthrown in a revolution, and Alexius V is proclaimed emperor.
- April 13 - The Fourth Crusade takes Constantinople by storm, and pillages 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 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 founded.
- Jersey enjoys self-government thanks to the division of the Duchy of Normandy.
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)
Deaths
- January 1 - King Haakon III of Norway.
- February 8 - Alexius IV Angelus, Byzantine Emperor.
- March 31 - Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of France and England.
- August 11 - King Guttorm of Norway.
- August 14 - Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (born 1182).
- October 21 - Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester.
- December 13 - Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (born 1135).
- Ban Kulin - ruler of Bosnia (born 1163).
- Amalric of Bena, French theologian.
- William de Burgh, English politician.
- Emeric of Hungary (born 1174).
- Isaac II Angelus, Byzantine Emperor.
- Suleiman II of Rum.
- David Soslani, Prince of Ossetia.