1202

1202 (MCCII) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar.

Castile l died in 1202.

 Events 
 August 1 – Arthur of Brittany captured in Mirebeau, north of Poitiers
 The chronicle of Roger of Wendover is of original value as of this year.
 Founding of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword
 Founding of Real Monasterio de Nuestra Senora de Rueda, Aragon Province, Spain
 Leonardo Fibonacci published Liber Abaci, introducing the Arabian zero to Europe
 First jesters in European courts
 Fourth Crusade – Siege of Zadar

 Births 
 Margaret II of Flanders (died 1278)

 Deaths 
 March 8 – Sverre Sigurdsson, King of Norway
 May 7 – Hamelin de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey
 Cathal Carragh Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht
 Canute VI of Denmark (born 1163)
 Alain de Lille, French theologian and poet (born c. 1128)

 Heads of states 
 England – John, King of England (reigned 1199 – 1216).
 France – Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223).