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Year 1207 (MCCVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Asia

  • Before 1207 – Kosho makes Kuya Preaching. Kamakura period. It is now kept at Rokuhara Mitsu-ji, Kyoto.
  • Hōnen and his followers are exiled to remote parts of Japan, while a few are executed, for what the government considers heretical Buddhist teachings.

    • Europe

  • February 2 – Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, is established as a principality of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • November – Leeds, a market town in England, receives its first charter.
  • Pope Innocent III declares for Philip of Swabia as Holy Roman Emperor, a reversal of his previous support for Otto IV.
  • King John issues letters patent creating the new Borough of Liverpool.

    • Markets

  • First evidence of forced loans in Venice. This technique becomes the staple of public finance in Europe until the 16th century.

    • Religion

  • June 17 – Stephen Langton is consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury by Pope Innocent III.

    • Births

  • July 7 – Elizabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary and saint (d. 1231)
  • September 30 – Rumi, Persian poet and Sufi mystic (d. 1273)
  • October 1 – King Henry III of England (d. 1272)
  • Henry II, Duke of Brabant (d. 1248)
  • Philip I, Count of Savoy (d. 1285)

    • Deaths

  • January 4 – Simon II, Duke of Lorraine
  • June 17 – Daoji, Chinese buddhist monk (b. 1130)
  • Amalric of Bena, French theologian and 'heretic'
  • Kaloyan of Bulgaria, Tsar of Bulgaria
  • David Soslan, king consort of Georgia
  • Xin Qiji, Chinese general and poet (b. 1140)
  • Han Tuozhou, Chinese statesman (b. 1152)

    • References

    1207 Wikipedia
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