1206

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century – 13th century – 14th century
Decades:	1170s  1180s  1190s  – 1200s –  1210s  1220s  1230s
Years:	1203 1204 1205 – 1206 – 1207 1208 1209

1206 Media

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  Temüjin becomes Genghis Khan of the Mongol Empire

1206 (MCCVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1206th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 206th year of the 2nd millennium, the 6th year of the 13th century, and the 7th year of the 1200s decade. As of the start of 1206, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• Temujin becomes Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, he started the Mongol Empire
• Qutb ud-Din starts the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.
• Livonian Brothers of the Sword in alliance with Semigallians beats Livs
• King Valdemar II and archbishop Andreas Sunonis made a raid to Saaremaa island, Estonia. The islanders were forced to give up and the Danes built a fortress there, but they found no volunteers to stay there. They burned it down themselves and left the island.

Births

• Béla IV of Hungary (died 1270)
• Güyük Khan

Deaths

• Ikhtiyar al-Din Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar Khalji – Founder of Muslim rule in Bengal
• April 7 – Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine
• June 4 – Adèle of Champagne, queen of Louis VII of France
• Muhammad of Ghor, Persian conqueror and sultan (born 1162)
• Jamuqa, Mongol military and political leader