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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
- 1200: Heinrich von Veldeke, Middle High German poet (c. 1150 ).