1201

Events

* The town of Riga is chartered as a city by Bishop Albert, who landed on the site of the town with 1,500 crusaders earlier that year.
* 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.

Births

* August 9 — Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)
* October 9 — Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (d. 1274)
* May 30 — Theobald IV of Champagne, Count of Champagne (d. 1253)
* Ladislaus III of Hungary, King of Hungary (d. 1205)
* Danylo King of Rus, 1st king of Halych-Volhynia (d. 1264)
* Alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (d. 1221)

Deaths

* March 21 — Absalon, Danish archbishop (b. c. 1128)
* May 24 — Theobald III, Count of Champagne (b. 1179)
* July 29 — Agnes of Merania, queen of France and wife of king Philip II of France
* September 5 — Constance, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1161)
* Bohemund III of Antioch (b. 1144)

Heads of states

* England — John I, King of England (reigned 1199–1216)
* France — Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned 1180–1223)
* Pope — Innocent III (pope 1198–1216)