What is 1200?
{{Year nav|1200}} {{C18 year in topic}} '''1200''' ([[Roman numerals|MCC]]) was a [[leap year starting on Saturday]] in the [[Julian calendar]]. In the [[proleptic Gregorian calendar]], it was a [[century leap year]]. == Events == * [[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 == * [[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 [[chronicle]]r (approximate date; died [[1259]]) * Rabbi [[Isaac ben Moses of Vienna]] (died [[1270]]) * [[Dogen]] Zenji, founder of [[Soto]] Zen (died [[1253]]) == Deaths == * [[Joscelin III of Edessa]] * [[Zhu Xi]], Chinese philosopher (born [[1130]]) * [[Gilbert Horal]], 12th Grand Master of the [[Knights Templar]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1200| ]]