1202

Year 1202 (MCCII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century 13th century 14th century
Decades:	1180s 1190s 1200s 1210s 1220s
Years:	1199 1200 1201 1202 1203 1204 1205

1202 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1202 MCCII
Ab urbe condita	1955
Armenian calendar	651 ԹՎ ՈԾԱ
Assyrian calendar	5952
Balinese saka calendar	1123–1124
Bengali calendar	609
Berber calendar	2152
English Regnal year	3 Joh. 1 – 4 Joh. 1
Buddhist calendar	1746
Burmese calendar	564
Byzantine calendar	6710–6711
Chinese calendar	辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3898 or 3838     — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3899 or 3839
Coptic calendar	918–919
Discordian calendar	2368
Ethiopian calendar	1194–1195
Hebrew calendar	4962–4963
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1258–1259
- Shaka Samvat	1123–1124
- Kali Yuga	4302–4303
Holocene calendar	11202
Igbo calendar	202–203
Iranian calendar	580–581
Islamic calendar	598–599
Japanese calendar	Kennin 2 (建仁２年)
Javanese calendar	1110–1111
Julian calendar	1202 MCCII
Korean calendar	3535
Minguo calendar	710 before ROC 民前710年
Nanakshahi calendar	−266
Thai solar calendar	1744–1745
Tibetan calendar	阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1328 or 947 or 175     — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 1329 or 948 or 176

Events

Asia

• May 20 – An earthquake strikes in Syria.
• Temujin crushes the Tatars.

Europe

• May – October – The Fourth Crusade gathers in Venice.
• July – John, King of England rescues his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, from near capture by the rebellious forces of Arthur I, Duke of Brittany.[1]
• July 27 – Battle of Basian: Georgians defeat the Seljuqs of Rüm.
• August 1 – Arthur I, Duke of Brittany is captured in Mirebeau, north of Poitiers, during a battle with John, King of England.
• November 10–23 – Fourth Crusade – Siege of Zara: In the first major action of the Crusade, the Crusaders besiege and conquer Zadar in Dalmatia. Unable to pay the Republic of Venice in cash for its contributions to the Crusade, the Crusaders agree to sack the city (an economic rival to Venice), despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding such an action, and threatening excommunication (which is carried out at the urging of Emeric, King of Hungary). This is the first attack against a Catholic city by Catholic Crusaders.
• The Almohad fleet expels the Banu Ghaniya from the Balearic Islands.[2]
• The Livonian Brothers of the Sword is founded, to support a crusade against the inhabitants of Medieval Livonia.
• Pope Innocent III reasserts his right to evaluate and crown the Holy Roman Emperor, in a letter to Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen.
• Danes make a crusade to Finland which is led by the Archbishop of Lund Anders Sunesen and his Brother.[3]

Culture

• Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa writes Liber Abaci, about the modus Indorum, the Hindu–Arabic numeral system, including the use of zero; it is the first major work in Europe to move away from the use of Roman numerals.
• Approximate date – The first jesters are hired in European courts.

Religion

• The Rueda Abbey is founded by Cistercians at Sástago, in the Kingdom of Aragon (modern-day Spain).

Births

• June 2 – Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (d. 1278)
• Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne, spouse of King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1262)
• Qin Jiushao, Chinese mathematician of the Song dynasty (d. 1261)

Deaths

• January 9 – Birger Brosa, Swedish Jarl
• March 9 – Sverre Sigurdsson, King of Norway since 1184
• March 13 – Mieszko III the Old, king of Poland (b. c. 1121)
• May 7 – Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey
• November 12 – Canute VI of Denmark (b. 1163)
• Cathal Carragh Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht
• Alain de Lille, French theologian and poet (b. c. 1128)

Science and Technology

• 1202 was a program alarm during the lunar descent phase of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module caused by a data overflow in the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC)

References

1. Warren, W. L. (1961). King John. University of California Press. pp. 77–78.
2. Picard, Christophe (1997). La mer et les musulmans d'Occident VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
3. Georg Haggren; Petri Halinen; Mika Lavento; Sami Raninen ja Anna Wessman (2015). Muinaisuutemme jäljet. Helsinki: Gaudeamus. p. 380.