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Calendar year
Year
1210
(
MCCX
) was a
common year starting on Friday
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar
.
Events
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By place
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Europe
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- May
– The Second
Parliament of Ravennika
, convened by Emperor
Henry of Flanders
, is held in the town of
Ravennika
(in modern
Greece
), in order to resolve the differences between the princes of
Frankish Greece
, and the
Roman Catholic
clergy of their domains. The assembled nobles and prelates conclude a
concordat
, which recognizes the independence and immunity of all Church property in Frankish Greece from any feudal duties.
[1]
- July 18
–
Battle of Gestilren
:
Sverker II
(the Younger), the exiled former King of Sweden, is defeated and killed by the reigning King
Eric X
(Knutsson). After the battle, Eric takes the Swedish throne and marries Princess
Richeza of Denmark
, daughter of the late King
Valdemar I of Denmark
("the Great"). This to improve the relations with
Denmark
, which has traditionally supported the
House of Sverker
.
- November 18
– Emperor
Otto IV
is excommunicated by
Pope Innocent III
after he occupies
Apulia
in southern
Italy
. Otto annuls the
Concordat of Worms
and demands from Innocent recognition of the imperial crown's right. A German civil war breaks out, and Otto prepares an invasion against
Frederick II
, king of
Sicily
.
[2]
- November 21
– Eric X is crowned ? which is the first known coronation of a Swedish king. He strengthens his relationship with his brother-in-law, King
Valdemar II of Denmark
("the Conqueror"). Shortly after, Valdemar conquers Danzig (modern-day
Gda?sk
) on the
Baltic
coast, and
Eastern Pomerania
from the Slavonic
Wends
.
[3]
- Battle of Umera
: Estonian forces defeat the Crusaders of the
Livonian Brothers of the Sword
. The Estonians pursue the fleeing Crusaders and according to the
Livonian Chronicle
some of the prisoners are burned alive, while others have crosses carved on their backs with swords before being executed as well.
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England
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- The
Papal Interdict of 1208
remains in force.
- King
John
extends his taxes and raises £100,000 from church property as an extraordinary fiscal levy; the operation is described as an “inestimable and incomparable exaction” by contemporary sources.
[5]
- November 1
– John orders that
Jews
across the country have to pay a
tallage
, a sum of money to the king. Those who do not pay are arrested and imprisoned. Many Jews are executed or leave the country.
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Levant
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Asia
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- Jochi
, Mongol leader and eldest son of
Genghis Khan
, begins a campaign against the
Kyrgyz
. Meanwhile, Emperor
Xiang Zong
of
Western Xia
agrees to submit to Mongol rule, he gives his daughter, Chaka, in marriage to Genghis and pays him a tribute of camels, falcons, and textiles.
[8]
- December 12
– Emperor
Tsuchimikado
abdicates the throne in favor of his younger brother,
Juntoku
, after a 12-year reign. He is the second son of the former Emperor
Go-Toba
and becomes the 84th
emperor of Japan
.
By topic
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Art and Culture
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Astronomy
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Religion
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Births
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Deaths
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- March 29
–
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
, Persian
polymath
(b.
1150
)
- May 6
–
Conrad II, Margrave of Lusatia
, German nobleman and knight (b.
1159
)
- May 13
–
Noriko
(or Hanshi), Japanese empress (b.
1177
)
- July 17
–
Sverker II
(the Younger), king of
Sweden
- October 16
–
Matilda of Boulogne
, duchess of
Brabant
- November 14
–
Qutb al-Din Aibak
, Indian ruler (b. 1150)
- November 30
–
Florence of Holland
, Scottish bishop
- December 14
–
Soffredo
, Italian cardinal and patriarch
- Aonghus mac Somhairle
, Norse-Gaelic chieftain
- Gottfried von Strassburg
, German poet and writer
- Halldora Eyjolfsdottir
, Icelandic nun and abbess
- Jean Bodel
, French poet and writer (b.
1165
)
- Jinul
(or Chinul), Korean
Zen Master
(b.
1158
)
- Majd ad-D?n Ibn Athir
, Zangid historian (b.
1149
)
- Maud de Braose
, English noblewoman (b.
1155
)
- Muhammad II
, ruler of the
Alamut state
(b.
1148
)
- Praepositinus
, Italian philosopher and theologian
- Risteard de Tiuit
, Norman warrior and nobleman
- Robert of Braybrooke
, English landowner (b.
1168
)
- William FitzAlan
, Norman nobleman and knight
References
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- ^
Miller, William
(1908).
The Latins in the Levant: A History of Frankish Greece (1204?1566)
, p. 75. London: John Murray.
OCLC
563022439
.
- ^
Dunham, S. A. (1835).
A History of the Germanic Empire, Vol I
, p. 196.
- ^
Williams, Hywel (2005).
Cassell's Chronology of World History
, p. 133.
ISBN
0-304-35730-8
.
- ^
Subrena, Jean-Jacques (2004).
Estonia: Identity and Independence
, p. 301.
ISBN
90-420-0890-3
.
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Ferris, Eleanor (1902). "The Financial Relations of the Knights Templars to the English Crown".
American Historical Review
.
8
(1): 1?17.
doi
:
10.2307/1832571
.
JSTOR
1832571
.
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Carpenter, David (2004).
The Struggle for Mastery: The Penguin History of Britain (1066?1284)
, p. 272. London: Penguin.
ISBN
978-0-14-014824-4
.
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Steven Runciman
(1952).
A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre
, p. 113.
ISBN
978-0-241-29877-0
.
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Man, John
(2004).
Genghis Khan: Life, Death, and Resurrection
, p. 162. New York City: St. Martin's Press.
ISBN
978-0-553-81498-9
.
- ^
Elizabeth Ewan, ed. (2006).
The biographical dictionary of Scottish women : from the earliest times to 2004
(Reprinted ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh Univ. Press. p.
400
.
ISBN
0-7486-1713-2
.