1200

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1170s  1180s  1190s  – 1200s –  1210s  1220s  1230s
Years:	1197 1198 1199 – 1200 – 1201 1202 1203

1200 (MCC) is a year in the 12th century. Had the Gregorian calendar existed that year or before, the year 1200 would have been a century leap year and a leap year starting on Saturday.

Events

• University of Paris received charter from Philip II of France
• The Kanem-Bornu Empire was established in northern Africa around the year 1200
• Mongol victory over Northern China — 30,000,000 killed

Births

• Al-Abhari, Persian philosopher and mathematician (died 1265)
• Ulrich von Liechtenstein, German nobleman and poet (died 1278)
• Adam Marsh, English Franciscan (approximate date; died 1259)
• John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry
• Matthew Paris, English Benedictine monk and chronicler (approximate date; died 1259)
• Rabbi Isaac ben Moses of Vienna (died 1270)
• Dogen Zenji, founder of Soto Zen (died 1253)

Deaths

• Joscelin III of Edessa
• Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher (born 1130)
• Gilbert Horal, 12th Grand Master of the Knights Templar

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