1207

Year 1207 (MCCVII) was a common year starting on Monday (full calendar) under the Julian calendar.

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

1207 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1207 MCCVII
Ab urbe condita	1960
Armenian calendar	656 ԹՎ ՈԾԶ
Assyrian calendar	5957
Balinese saka calendar	1128–1129
Bengali calendar	614
Berber calendar	2157
English Regnal year	8 Joh. 1 – 9 Joh. 1
Buddhist calendar	1751
Burmese calendar	569
Byzantine calendar	6715–6716
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3903 or 3843     — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3904 or 3844
Coptic calendar	923–924
Discordian calendar	2373
Ethiopian calendar	1199–1200
Hebrew calendar	4967–4968
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1263–1264
- Shaka Samvat	1128–1129
- Kali Yuga	4307–4308
Holocene calendar	11207
Igbo calendar	207–208
Iranian calendar	585–586
Islamic calendar	603–604
Japanese calendar	Ken'ei 2 / Jōgen (Kamakura period) 1 (承元元年)
Javanese calendar	1115–1116
Julian calendar	1207 MCCVII
Korean calendar	3540
Minguo calendar	705 before ROC 民前705年
Nanakshahi calendar	−261
Thai solar calendar	1749–1750
Tibetan calendar	阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 1333 or 952 or 180     — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1334 or 953 or 181

Events

By area

Asia

• Before 1207 – Kosho writes Kuya Preaching, during the Kamakura period (it is now kept at Rokuhara Mitsu-ji, Kyoto).
• Hōnen and his followers are exiled to remote parts of Japan, while a few are executed, for what the government considers heretical Buddhist teachings.
• Jochi, eldest son of Genghis Khan subjugates people of the Siberian forest (taiga), the Uriankhai, the Oirats, Barga, Khakas, Buryats, Tuvans, Khori-Tumed, and Kyrgyz.

Europe

• February 2 – Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, is established as a principality of the Holy Roman Empire.
• November – Leeds, a market town in England, receives its first charter.
• Pope Innocent III declares for Philip of Swabia as Holy Roman Emperor, a reversal of his previous support for Otto IV.
• King John issues letters patent, creating the new Borough of Liverpool.

By topic

Markets

• The first documentary evidence of forced loans in Venice. This technique becomes the staple of public finance in Europe, until the 16th century.[1]

Religion

• June 17 – Stephen Langton is consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury, by Pope Innocent III.

Births

• July 7 – Elizabeth of Hungary, Hungarian princess and saint (d. 1231)
• September 30 – Rumi, Persian poet and Sufi mystic (d. 1273)
• October 1 – King Henry III of England (d. 1272)
• Henry II, Duke of Brabant (d. 1248)
• Philip I, Count of Savoy (d. 1285)

Deaths

• January 4 – Simon II, Duke of Lorraine
• June 17 – Daoji, Chinese buddhist monk (b. 1130)
• Amalric of Bena, French theologian and 'heretic'
• Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria
• David Soslan, king consort of Georgia
• Xin Qiji, Chinese general and poet (b. 1140)
• Han Tuozhou, Chinese statesman (b. 1152)

References

1. Munro, John H. (2003). "The Medieval Origins of the Financial Revolution". The International History Review. 15 (3): 506–562.