1201
Events The town of Riga was chartered as a city. Boniface of Montferrat is elected leader of the Fourth Crusade, after the death of Theobald III of Champagne.
BirthsOctober 9 - Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (d. 1274)
Deaths March 21 - Absalon, Danish archbishop July 29 - Agnes of Meran, queen of Philip II of France September 5 - Constance, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1161) Theobald III of Champagne
Heads of states England - John I, King of England (reigned 1199 - 1216). France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223).
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