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Year of the Metal Monkey庚申(at the beginning of Earth Sheep己未)

Syria: 1511/12 ( the year in October )

  • Secured 2.1 Date of birth
  • 2.2 Born in 1200
  • Secured 3.1 Date of Death
  • 3.2 More death unknown
  • 3.3 Died in 1200

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Europe

  • January 2: Peace of Peronne: agreement between the French king Philip II Augustus and Count Baldwin IX. of Flanders.
  • MAY 22: The Treaty of Le Goulet, King Philip II of France and the English King John Lackland of sons.
  • 1200: In Germany, about 10 million people. There are about 1,000 villages, each with 200-250 inhabitants.
  • 1200: Paris has about 50,000 inhabitants.

Africa

  • 1200: The African Kingdom Jolof is founded.

South America

  • 1200: The Inca found Cusco. Manco Capac is the first ( mythical ) rulers.

Ersturkundliche mentions, city rights and castles

  • Nuremberg receives city rights.
  • Gonten, Mattwil, Scharans and Ulmiz are first mentioned.
  • 1200: Construction of Lockenhaus Castle, Frauenfeld Castle, castle Ramsberg ( Donzdorf ) and lock Rethmar.

Economy

  • 1200: Formation of the guilds.
  • 1200: In Schwäbisch Hall, the first Heller is embossed.

Science and Technology

  • 1200: Distribution of the compass in Europe.
  • 1200: " spirit of wine " (ethanol, "alcohol" ) is known and used as a remedy.
  • 1200: The silver pen as a precursor of the pencil comes in use (see chronology of the art).
  • After 1200: locks in Holland and Germany.
  • After 1200: Probably air heating in Lüneburg Town Hall.

Culture

  • 1200: In the Islamic world, the use of girih tiles first time allows ornamental designs of extreme complexity.
  • 1200: In southern Europe, the Jewish Kabala arises.
  • 1200: Song of the Nibelungs arises.
  • 1200: Hartmann von Aue seals the first Middle High German Arthurian romances " Erec " and " Iwein ".
  • 1200: Wolfram von Eschenbach begins with the Parsifal, a knight epic after a presentation of the French Chrétien de Troyes.
  • 1200: Especially in the Alexander novels play technical fantasies of diving and flying and corresponding images a role.

Religion

  • 1200: Due to the strong position of the Cathars and the spread of the Waldensian directed against the Church heretical currents reach a height of its influence.
  • 1200: The Ormulum, a work of biblical exegesis in Middle English language is written.

Born

Secured birth

  • JANUARY 26: Dogen, Japanese Zen master († 1253 )
  • October 9: Isabel of Pembroke, wife of Richard of Cornwall († 1240)
  • OCTOBER 28: Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia († 1227 )

Born in 1200

  • Albertus Magnus, a Dominican theologian, philosopher and naturalist († 1280 )
  • The Knitter, Middle High German poet and vagabond († 1250 )
  • Jacques Pantaleon, who later became Pope Urban IV († 1264 )
  • Ulrich von Lichtenstein, Middle High German poet († 1275 )
  • David of Augsburg, Franciscan, theologian († 1272 )
  • Matthew Paris, English historian ( † around 1259 )
  • Alexis Falconieri, Italian saint, founder of the Order († 1310)

Died

Backed death

  • 28 June: Prepodobna Anastasija Srpska, Serbian Orthodox Holy
  • October 25: Konrad I of Wittelsbach, Archbishop of Mainz, Cardinal Bishop (c. 1120-1125 )
  • December 20: Adélaïde de Toulouse, Viscountess of Béziers and Carcassonne

More death unknown

  • Joscelin III. , Titulargraf of Edessa (c. 1135 )
  • Sigurd Lavard, Norwegian military leaders of the Birkebeiner, son of King Sverre
  • Zhu Xi, significant Neo-Confucians of China (* 1130)
  • Bruno III. of Berg, Archbishop of Cologne (c. 1155 )

Died in 1200

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