1203
Events April 16 - Philip II of France enters Rouen, leading to the eventual unification of Normandy and France. June 23 - Fleet of the Fourth Crusade enters Bosphorus July 17 - Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault; the Byzantine emperor Alexius III flees from his capital into exile. August 1 - Fourth Crusade elevates Alexius IV as Byzantine emperor, after the citizens of Constantinople proclaim as emperor Isaac II Angelus (Alexius IV's father). William de Braose, Fourth Lord of Bramber becomes the guardian of Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, and is possibly responsible for his death. Minamoto no Sanetomo becomes shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate
BirthsPeter II of Savoy
DeathsArthur I, Duke of Brittany
Heads of states France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)
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