1200

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1170s  1180s  1190s  – 1200s –  1210s  1220s  1230s
Years:	1197 1198 1199 – 1200 – 1201 1202 1203

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1200 (MCC) was a leap year starting on Saturday in the Julian calendar. It was the 1200th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 200th year of the 2nd millennium, the last year of the 12th century, and the first year of the 1200s decade. In the proleptic Gregorian calendar, it was a century leap year.

Events

• University of Paris received charter from Philip II of France
• The Kanem-Bornu Empire was established in northern Africa around the year 1200
• Mongol victory over Northern China — 30,000,000 killed

Births

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

Deaths

• Joscelin III of Edessa
• Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher (born 1130)
• Gilbert Horal, 12th Grand Master of the Knights Templar

1200 Media

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  Philip II (August) and John (Lackland) making peace during the Angevin War.