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| Years: 1198 1199 1200 - 1201 - 1202 1203 1204 | |
| Decades: 1170s 1180s 1190s - 1200s - 1210s 1220s 1230s | |
| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century | |
| Lists of leaders | |
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Events
- The town of Riga was chartered as a city.
- Boniface of Montferrat is elected leader of the Fourth Crusade, after the death of Theobald III of Champagne.
- Innocent III supports Otto IV as Holy Roman Emperor, against Philip of Swabia.
- The Fourth Crusade besieges Zara.
- July 5 - Major earthquake kills 1.1 million people in upper Egypt and Syria.
Births
- August 9 - Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)
- October 9 - Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (died 1274)
- Theobald IV of Champagne (died 1252)
- Ladislaus III of Hungary (died 1205)
- Mindowhowna, Queen of Galicia (died 1264)
- Danylo King of Rus (died 1264)
- Alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (died 1221)
Deaths
- March 21 - Absalon, Danish archbishop
- July 29 - Agnes of Merania, queen of Philip II of France
- September 5 - Constance, Duchess of Brittany (born 1161)
- Bohemund III of Antioch (born 1144)
- Theobald III of Champagne
- Joachim of Fiore, founder of monastic order of San Giovanni (born 1135)
Heads of states
- England - John I, King of England (reigned 1199 - 1216).
- France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223).
- Pope - Innocent III (pope from 1198 to 1216)
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