1200

1200 (MCC) was a leap year starting on Saturday in the Julian calendar.  In the proleptic Gregorian calendar, it was a century leap year.

 Events 
 University of Paris received charter from Philip II of France
 The Kanem-Bornu Empire was established in northern Africa around the year 1200
 Mongol victory over Northern China — 30,000,000 killed

 Births 
 Al-Abhari, Persian philosopher and mathematician (died 1265)
 Ulrich von Liechtenstein, German nobleman and poet (died 1278)
 Adam Marsh, English Franciscan (approximate date; died 1259)
 John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry
 Matthew Paris, English Benedictine monk and chronicler (approximate date; died 1259)
 Rabbi Isaac ben Moses of Vienna (died 1270)
 Dogen Zenji, founder of Soto Zen (died 1253)

 Deaths 
 Joscelin III of Edessa
 Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher (born 1130)
 Gilbert Horal, 12th Grand Master of the Knights Templar

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