1200
year
1200 (MCC) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1200th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 200th year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 12th century, and the 1st year of the 1200s decade. As of the start of 1200, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| 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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1200 MCC |
| Ab urbe condita | 1953 |
| Armenian calendar | 649 ԹՎ ՈԽԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5950 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1121–1122 |
| Bengali calendar | 607 |
| Berber calendar | 2150 |
| English Regnal year | 1 Joh. 1 – 2 Joh. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1744 |
| Burmese calendar | 562 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6708–6709 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年 (Earth Goat) 3896 or 3836 — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3897 or 3837 |
| Coptic calendar | 916–917 |
| Discordian calendar | 2366 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1192–1193 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4960–4961 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1256–1257 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1121–1122 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4300–4301 |
| Holocene calendar | 11200 |
| Igbo calendar | 200–201 |
| Iranian calendar | 578–579 |
| Islamic calendar | 596–597 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōji 2 (正治２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1108–1109 |
| Julian calendar | 1200 MCC |
| Korean calendar | 3533 |
| Minguo calendar | 712 before ROC 民前712年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −268 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1742–1743 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1326 or 945 or 173 — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1327 or 946 or 174 |
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Events
change- 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
change- 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
change- Joscelin III of Edessa
- Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher (born 1130)
- Gilbert Horal, 12th Grand Master of the Knights Templar