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| ==Events== | ==Events== | ||
| *] - Inferior Swedish forces defeats the invading danes in ]. | *] - Inferior Swedish forces defeats the invading danes in ]. | ||
| *]- a fire breaks out in the ] capital city of ], raging for four days and nights, destroying 58,097 over an area of more than three miles, killing fifty-nine people, and an unrecorded amount of other people who were trampled while attempting to flee. The government provided temporary lodging for 5,345 people in nearby ] and ] monasteries. The collective victims of the disaster were given 160,000 strings of cash, along with 400 tons of rice. Some of the government officials who lost their homes took up residence in rented ]s on the nearby ]. | |||
| *] - ] ] and rival ] to ], assassinated in ] by German Count ] because Philip had refused to give him his daughter in marriage. | *] - ] ] and rival ] to ], assassinated in ] by German Count ] because Philip had refused to give him his daughter in marriage. | ||
| *With the help of the newly converted local tribes of ] and ], the crusaders initiated raids into part of what is present-day ] and ] begins (-]). | *With the help of the newly converted local tribes of ] and ], the crusaders initiated raids into part of what is present-day ] and ] begins (-]). | ||
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- For information about the punk band, see 1208 (band).
| Years: 1205 1206 1207 - 1208 - 1209 1210 1211 | |
| Decades: 1170s 1180s 1190s - 1200s - 1210s 1220s 1230s | |
| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century | |
| 1208 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births – Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Art and literature |
| 1208 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1208 MCCVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1961 |
| Armenian calendar | 657 ԹՎ ՈԾԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5958 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1129–1130 |
| Bengali calendar | 614–615 |
| Berber calendar | 2158 |
| English Regnal year | 9 Joh. 1 – 10 Joh. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1752 |
| Burmese calendar | 570 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6716–6717 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3905 or 3698 — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 3906 or 3699 |
| Coptic calendar | 924–925 |
| Discordian calendar | 2374 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1200–1201 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4968–4969 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1264–1265 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1129–1130 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4308–4309 |
| Holocene calendar | 11208 |
| Igbo calendar | 208–209 |
| Iranian calendar | 586–587 |
| Islamic calendar | 604–605 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōgen 2 (承元２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1116–1117 |
| Julian calendar | 1208 MCCVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3541 |
| Minguo calendar | 704 before ROC 民前704年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −260 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1750–1751 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1334 or 953 or 181 — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1335 or 954 or 182 |
Events
- January 31 - Inferior Swedish forces defeats the invading danes in Battle of Lena.
- April 15- a fire breaks out in the Song Chinese capital city of Hangzhou, raging for four days and nights, destroying 58,097 over an area of more than three miles, killing fifty-nine people, and an unrecorded amount of other people who were trampled while attempting to flee. The government provided temporary lodging for 5,345 people in nearby Buddhist and Taoist monasteries. The collective victims of the disaster were given 160,000 strings of cash, along with 400 tons of rice. Some of the government officials who lost their homes took up residence in rented boathouses on the nearby West Lake.
- June 21 - Philip of Swabia King of Germany and rival Holy Roman Emperor to Otto IV, assassinated in Bamberg by German Count Otto of Wittelsbach because Philip had refused to give him his daughter in marriage.
- With the help of the newly converted local tribes of Livs and Letts, the crusaders initiated raids into part of what is present-day Estonia and ancient fight for independence begins (-1227).
Births
- February 2 - King James I of Aragon (died 1276)
- Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (died 1275)
- Möngke Khan of the Mongol Empire
- Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (died 1265)
- Akerian Redfern of the Redfern clan
Deaths
- April 22 - Philip of Poitou, Prince-Bishop of Durham
- June 21 - Philip of Swabia, king of Germany
- November 9 - Sancha of Castile, queen of Alfonso II of Aragon (born 1155)
- Amhaoibh O'Rothlain, Chief of Calruidhe Cuile Cearnadha