1204
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| 1204 in poetry |
| 708 before ROC 民前708年 | |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −264 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1746–1747 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 1330 or 949 or 177 — to — 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 1331 or 950 or 178 |
Year 1204 (MCCIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar
Events
- Byzantine emperor Alexios IV Angelos is overthrown in a revolution.[1]
- Byzantine emperor.[2]
Conquest of Constantinople by the Crusaders - Crusaders enter Constantinople by storm and start pillaging the city as part of the Fourth Crusade.[1] Forces of the Republic of Venice seize the antique statues that will become the horses of Saint Mark.[3]
- Baldwin, Count of Flanders, is crowned emperor of the Latin Empire a week after his election by the members of the Fourth Crusade.[4]
- Theodore I Laskaris flees to Nicaea after the capture of Constantinople, and establishes the Empire of Nicaea; Byzantine successor states are also established in Epirus and Trebizond.[5][6]
- Boniface I, Marquis of Montferrat, a leader of the Fourth Crusade, founds the Kingdom of Thessalonica.[7]
- The writings of French theologian Amalric of Bena are condemned by the University of Paris, and Pope Innocent III.[8]
- Tsar Uniate church.[9]
- Valdemar II of Denmark is recognized as king in Norway.[10]
- Angers and Normandy are captured by Philip II of France.[11][12]
- The
- The district of Cham becomes subject to Bavaria.[14]
- Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia submits to Philip of Swabia.[15]
- Beaulieu Abbey is founded.[16]
- The Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey decide, after a plebiscite of wealthy land owners, to remain with the English crown, after Normandy is recaptured by Philip II of France.[17]
Births
- April 14 – Henry I, king of Castile (d. 1217)[18]
- Maria of Courtenay, Empress regent of Nicaea (d. 1228)
- Alice of Schaerbeek (d. 1250)[21]
Deaths
- January 1 – King Haakon III of Norway[19]
- Byzantine emperor[22]
- Byzantine emperor[23]
- April 1 – Eleanor of Aquitaine, Sovereign Duchess Regnant of Aquitaine, queen of France and England[24]
- August 11 – King Guttorm of Norway[25]
- September 30 or November 30 – Emeric, King of Hungary (b. 1174)[27]
- c. October 21 – Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English nobleman[28]
- November – Ban Kulin, ruler of Bosnia (b. 1163)[29]
- December 22 – Fujiwara no Shunzei, Japanese waka poet (b. 1114)[31]
- date unknown – Suleiman II, Sultan of Rûm[32]
- probable – theologian[33]
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- ^ Finlay, George (1877). A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B.C. 146 to A.D. 1864. Vol. IV: Mediaeval Greece and the empire of Trebizond, A.D. 1204-1461. Clarendon Press. p. 121.
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- ^ Heyberger, Joseph (1863). Bavaria: Landes- und Volkskunde des Königreichs Bayern : mit einer Uebersichtskarte des diesseitigen Bayerns in 15 Blättern. Oberpfalz und Regensburg, Schwaben und Neuburg ; Abth. 1, Oberpfalz und Regensburg. 2,1 (in German). Munich: Cotta. p. 467.
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- ^ Thomas, Joseph (1870). Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott and Company. p. 1166.
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- ^ "Fujiwara Shunzei | Japanese poet and critic". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
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