1206

This article is about the year 1206. For the package used for electronic components, see List of integrated circuit packaging types.

Calendar year

Millennium:  | 2nd millennium

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Centuries:  |

* 12th century
* 13th century
* 14th century

Decades:  |

* 1180s
* 1190s
* 1200s
* 1210s
* 1220s

Years:  |

* 1203
* 1204
* 1205
* 1206
* 1207
* 1208
* 1209

1206 by topic

Leaders

* Political entities
* State leaders
* Religious leaders

Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Art and literature
1206 in poetry

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1206 in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 1206
MCCVI

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Ab urbe condita| 1959
Armenian calendar| 655
ԹՎ ՈԾԵ
Assyrian calendar| 5956
Balinese saka calendar| 1127–1128
Bengali calendar| 612–613
Berber calendar| 2156
English Regnal year| 7 Joh. 1 – 8 Joh. 1
Buddhist calendar| 1750
Burmese calendar| 568
Byzantine calendar| 6714–6715
Chinese calendar| 乙丑年 (Wood Ox)
3903 or 3696
— to —
丙寅年 (Fire Tiger)
3904 or 3697
Coptic calendar| 922–923
Discordian calendar| 2372
Ethiopian calendar| 1198–1199
Hebrew calendar| 4966–4967
Hindu calendars|
\- Vikram Samvat| 1262–1263
\- Shaka Samvat| 1127–1128
\- Kali Yuga| 4306–4307
Holocene calendar| 11206
Igbo calendar| 206–207
Iranian calendar| 584–585
Islamic calendar| 602–603
Japanese calendar| Genkyū 3 / Ken'ei 1
(建永元年)
Javanese calendar| 1114–1115
Julian calendar| 1206
MCCVI
Korean calendar| 3539
Minguo calendar| 706 before ROC
民前706年
Nanakshahi calendar| −262
Thai solar calendar| 1748–1749
Tibetan calendar| 阴木牛年
(female Wood-Ox)
1332 or 951 or 179
— to —
阳火虎年
(male Fire-Tiger)
1333 or 952 or 180

File:YuanEmperorAlbumGenghisPortrait.jpg

Portrait of Genghis Khan (or Temüjin)

Year 1206 (MCCVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

## Contents

* 1 Events
* 1.1 By place
* 1.1.1 Byzantine Empire
* 1.1.2 Asia
* 1.1.3 Europe
* 1.1.4 England
* 1.2 By topic
* 1.2.1 Art and Culture
* 1.2.2 Education
* 1.2.3 Religion
* 1.2.4 Technic
* 2 Births
* 3 Deaths
* 4 References

## Events[edit | edit source]

### By place[edit | edit source]

#### Byzantine Empire[edit | edit source]

* January 31 – Battle of Rusion: The Bulgarian forces (some 7,000 men), under Tsar Kaloyan, defeat the remnants of the Latin army, near the fortress of Rusion in Thrace. Around 120 knights, supported by soldiers and cavalry, are killed in battle or captured.
* February – The Bulgarians attack and loot the fortified town of Rodosto (see Battle of Rodosto), defended by a Venetian garrison. Later, Kaloyan captures many more towns and fortresses.[1]
* August 20 – Henry of Flanders is crowned as the second emperor of the Latin Empire, in the Hagia Sophia at Constantinople, after hearing of the death of his brother, Emperor Baldwin I, who has died in prison at Baldwin's Tower in Tsarevets Castle, in Veliko Tarnovo (after being captured by the Bulgarians in 1205). Upon Henry's ascension as Latin emperor, the Lombard nobles of the Kingdom of Thessalonica refuse to give him allegiance.[2]

#### Asia[edit | edit source]

* Temüjin assembles at a Kurultai, a council of Mongol chiefs, the tribes under his rule and is elected as their leader. He is given the title of "Genghis Khan" of the Mongol people – founding the Mongol Empire. Genghis takes immediate steps to underpin his military command, starting with a fundamental reordering of tribal loyalties. United under one nomadic nation, under one banner and one authority.[3]
* Muqali (or Mukhali), a Mongol general in service of Genghis Khan, is rewarded with the command of the left-wing of the newly reorganized Mongol army and takes control over the eastern Mingghans.[4]
* March 15 – Sultan Muhammad of Ghor is murdered and succeeded by Qutb al-Din Aibak, his deputy in India, who founds the Mamluk Dynasty, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.[5]

#### Europe[edit | edit source]

* King Valdemar II (the Conqueror) and Archbishop Andreas Sunonis raid Saaremaa Island (modern Estonia), forcing the islanders to submit. The Danes build a fortress, but finding no volunteers to man it, they burn it down themselves and leave the island.
* The Livonian Brothers of the Sword, in alliance with the Semigallians, conquer the Livonians (or Livs).

#### England[edit | edit source]

* June – King John (Lackland) lands an expeditionary army at La Rochelle to defend his interests in Aquitaine, which is his from the inheritance from his mother, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. Meanwhile, French forces led by King Philip II (Augustus) move south to meet John. The year's campaign ends in a stalemate and a two-year truce is made between the two rulers.[6]

### By topic[edit | edit source]

#### Art and Culture[edit | edit source]

* Sugar, an import from the Muslim world, is mentioned for the first time in a royal English account. Almonds, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg are also imported for royal banquets.[7]

#### Education[edit | edit source]

* Colchester Royal Grammar School is founded in England.

#### Religion[edit | edit source]

* A peasant named Thurkhill in England claims that Saint Julian took him on a tour of Purgatory. Thurkhill includes realistic touches of descriptions of Purgatory's torture chambers. This is also believed by Roger of Wendover, one of his society's leading historians.[8]
* December – The monks of Canterbury want their own sub-prior Reginald for the post of archbishop, while John (Lackland) chooses John de Gray. Pope Innocent III appoints Stephen Langton. Finally, the monks accept the Pope's decision and vote for Langton.

#### Technic[edit | edit source]

* The Arab engineer Ismail al-Jazari describes many mechanical inventions in his book (title translated to English) The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices.

## Births[edit | edit source]

* April 7 – Otto II, German nobleman (d. 1253)
* An-Nasir Dawud, ruler of Damascus (d. 1261)
* Béla IV, king of Hungary and Croatia (d. 1270)
* Godan Khan, grandson of Genghis khan (d. 1251)
* Güyük Khan (or Kuyuk), Mongol emperor (d. 1248)
* Henry II, French nobleman (House of Capet) (d. 1229)
* Hong Bok-won, Korean general and official (d. 1258)
* Ibn Hamdan, Seljuk scholar and judge (d. 1295)
* Il-yeon, Korean Buddhist monk and writer (d. 1289)
* Margaret de Quincy, English noblewoman (d. 1266)
* Maria Laskarina, queen consort of Hungary (d. 1270)
* Peter of Verona, Italian friar and preacher (d. 1252)
* Sheikh Edebali, Ottoman religious leader (d. 1326)
* Yaghmurasen ibn Zyan, Zayyanid ruler (d. 1283)

## Deaths[edit | edit source]

* February 4 – Theobald Walter, Norman High Sheriff (b. 1165)
* March 5 – Thietmar of Minden (or Dietmar), German bishop
* April 7 – Frederick I, German nobleman (House of Lorraine)
* April 16 – Kujō Yoshitsune, Japanese nobleman (b. 1169)
* April 23 – Suero Rodríguez, Spanish knight and Grand Master
* June 4 – Adela of Champagne, queen of France (b. 1140)
* Artaldus (or Arthaud), French priest and bishop (b. 1101)
* Chōgen, Japanese Buddhist monk (kanjin) (b. 1121)
* Harald Maddadsson, Norwegian nobleman (b. 1134)
* Huan Zong, Chinese emperor of Western Xia (b. 1177)
* Ismail al-Jazari, Artuqid polymath and inventor (b. 1136)
* Muhammad of Ghor, ruler of the Ghurid Empire (b. 1149)
* Ottaviano di Paoli, Italian cardinal-bishop and diplomat
* Thierry de Termonde (or Terremonde), Latin constable
* William de Burgh, English nobleman (House of Burke)
* Yang Wanli, Chinese politician and poet (b. 1127)

## References[edit | edit source]

1. ^ Setton, Kenneth M. (1989). A History of the Crusades, Volume VI: The Impact of the Crusades on Europe, p. 436. Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0-299-10740-X.
2. ^ Nicol, Donald M. (2002). The Last Centuries of Byzantium (1261–1453), p. 12. Cambridge University Press.
3. ^ Andrew Roberts (2011). Great Commanders of the Medieval World (454–1582): Genghis Khan, p. 146–147. ISBN 978-0-85738-589-5.
4. ^ Hope, Michael (2016). Power, Politics, and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Īlkhānate of Iran, p. 36. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19108-107-1.
5. ^ Hywel Williams (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History, p. 133. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
6. ^ Turner, Ralph V. (2009). King John: England's Evil King?, pp. 107–108. Stroud, UK: History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-4850-3.
7. ^ King John by Warren. Published by University of California Press in 1961. p. 139
8. ^ King John by Warren. Published by University of California Press in 1961. p. 11

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