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| Years: 1208 1209 1210 - 1211 - 1212 1213 1214 |
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| Decades: 1180s 1190s 1200s - 1210s - 1220s 1230s 1240s |
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| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century |
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| 1211 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1211 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1211 MCCXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1964 |
| Armenian calendar | 660 ԹՎ ՈԿ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -633 – -632 |
| Berber calendar | 2161 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1755 |
| Burmese calendar | 573 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6719 – 6720 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚午年十二月十五日 (3847/3907-12-15) — to —
辛未年十一月廿五日(3848/3908-11-25) |
| Coptic calendar | 927 – 928 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1203 – 1204 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4971 – 4972 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1266 – 1267 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1133 – 1134 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4312 – 4313 |
| Holocene calendar | 11211 |
| Iranian calendar | 589 – 590 |
| Islamic calendar | 607 – 608 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3544 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1754 |
Contents |
Events
- The oldest extant double-entry bookkeeping system record dates from this year.
- September 14 - Canons regular of the Order of the Holy Cross are founded.
- Troops led by Estonian resistance fighter Lembitu of Lehola destroy a garrison of missionaries in the historical Estonian region of Sakala, and raid the Russian town of Pskov.
- Mongol forces under Genghis Khan invade Jin China, aiming at this stage simply to loot the countryside. A Chinese army is defeated and slaughtered at the Battle of the Badger's Mount near Zhangjiakou and another is beaten at Mukden, where the city is taken. Beijing is also besieged by the Mongol hordes.
- The church in the French city of Reims burns down; soon after, construction begins on the Notre Dame de Reims Cathedral.
Births
Deaths
Heads of State
- France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)
- Mongol Empire - Genghis Khan, Mongol Khan (from 1206 to 1227)
- Venice - Pietro Ziani Doge of Venice (ruled from 1205 to 1229)
