What is 1204?
{{Year nav|1204}} {{Year in various calendars|1204}} {{Year article header|1204}} == Events == * February – [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Alexius IV]] is overthrown in a revolution, and [[Alexius V]] is proclaimed emperor. * [[April 12]] – The [[Fourth Crusade]] take [[Constantinople]] by storm, and pillage the city for three days. End of the [[Fourth Crusade]]. * [[May 16]] – [[Baldwin I of Constantinople|Baldwin]], Count of [[Flanders]] is crowned emperor of the [[Latin Empire]] a week after his election by the members of the [[Fourth Crusade]]. * [[Theodore I Lascaris]] flees to [[Nicaea]] after the capture of Constantinople, and establishes the [[Empire of Nicaea]]; [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] successor states are also established in [[Despotate of Epirus|Epirus]] and [[Empire of Trebizond|Trebizond]]. * [[Boniface of Montferrat]], a leader of the Fourth Crusade, founds the [[Kingdom of Thessalonica]]. * The writings of [[French people|French]] [[theology|theologian]] [[Amalric of Bena]] are condemned by the [[University of Paris]] and [[Pope Innocent III]]. * [[Valdemar II of Denmark|Valdemar II]], [[List of Danish monarchs|King of Denmark]], is recognized as king in [[Norway]]. * [[Angers]] and [[Normandy]] are recaptured from [[England]] by [[Philip II of France]]. * The [[Cistercian]] [[convent]] of [[Port-Royal]] is established. * The district of [[Cham (district)|Cham]] becomes subject to [[Bavaria]]. * [[Philip of Swabia]] becomes a subject of Hermann I of [[Thuringia]]. * [[Beaulieu Abbey]] founded. * [[Jersey]] enjoys self-government thanks to the division of the Duchy of Normandy. == Births == * [[Haakon IV of Norway|Haakon IV]], [[List of Norwegian monarchs|King of Norway]] (died [[1263]]) * [[Heinrich Raspe]], [[Graf|Landgraf]] of [[Thuringia]] (died [[1247]]) * [[Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi]], [[List of Ra'îs of Manûrqa|Ra'îs of Manûrqa]] (died [[1282]]) == Deaths == * [[January 1]] – King [[Haakon III of Norway]] * [[February 8]] – [[Alexius IV Angelus]], [[Byzantine Emperor]] * [[March 31