1204

	1204 by topic
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	Births – Deaths
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	Establishments – Disestablishments v • d • e
	Art and literature
	1204 in poetry v • d • e

Years: 1201 1202 1203 – 1204 – 1205 1206 1207
Decades: 1170s 1180s 1190s – 1200s – 1210s 1220s 1230s
Centuries: 12th century – 13th century – 14th century

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February – Byzantine emperor Alexius IV is overthrown in a revolution, and Alexius V is proclaimed emperor.
April 13 – Fourth Crusade: The Crusaders take Constantinople by storm, and pillage the city for 3 days.
May 16 – Baldwin, Count of Flanders is crowned emperor of the Latin Empire a week after his election by the members of the Fourth Crusade.
The Republic of Croatia becomes Hungary and Venice intermittently.
Theodore I Lascaris flees to Nicaea after the capture of Constantinople, and establishes the Empire of Nicaea; Byzantine successor states are also established in Epirus and Trebizond.
Boniface of Montferrat, a leader of the Fourth Crusade, founds the Kingdom of Thessalonica.
The writings of French theologian Amalric of Bena are condemned by the University of Paris and Pope Innocent III.
Valdemar II, King of Denmark, is recognized as king in Norway.
Angers and Normandy are captured by Philip II of France.
The Cistercian convent of Port-Royal is established.
The district of Cham becomes subject to Bavaria.
Hermann I of Thuringia submits to Philip of Swabia.
Beaulieu Abbey is founded.
Guernsey and Jersey decide, after a plebiscite of wealthy land owners, to remain with the English crown after Normandy was recaptured by Philip II of France.
Pope Innocent III proclaims the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars of Languedoc.

1204 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments v • d • e
Art and literature
1204 in poetry v • d • e