1200

Events

* August 24 - John of England weds 13 year old Isabella of Angoulême at Bordeaux.
* The University of Paris receives its charter from Philip II of France.
* The Kanem-Bornu Empire is established in Northern Africa (approximate date).
* The Mongols defeat Northern China.
* Buddhism declines in India (approximate date).
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Births

* Al-Abhari, Persian philosopher and mathematician (d. 1265)
* Ulrich von Liechtenstein, German nobleman and poet (d. 1278)
* Adam Marsh, English Franciscan (approximate date; d. 1259)
* John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry (d. 1240)
* Matthew Paris, English Benedictine monk and chronicler (approximate date; d. 1259)
* Rabbi Isaac ben Moses of Vienna (d. 1270)
* January 19 — Dogen Zenji, founder of Soto Zen (d. 1253)

Maps of 1200 AD

Deaths

* Count Joscelin III of Edessa
* April 23 — Zhu Xi, Chinese Confucian philosopher (b. 1130)
* December — Gilbert Horal, 12th Grand Master of the Knights Templar
* Beatritz de Dia (approximate date)
* Ibn al-Razzaz al-Raziri, Arabian scientist (approximate date)