1206
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| Years: 1203 1204 1205 - 1206 - 1207 1208 1209 |
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| Decades: 1170s 1180s 1190s - 1200s - 1210s 1220s 1230s |
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| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century |
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| 1206 by topic | |
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| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Art and literature | |
| 1206 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1206 MCCVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1959 |
| Armenian calendar | 655 ԹՎ ՈԾԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -638 – -637 |
| Berber calendar | 2156 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1750 |
| Burmese calendar | 568 |
| Chinese calendar | 3842/3902-11-21 (乙丑年十一月廿一日) — to —
3843/3903-12-1(丙寅年十二月初一日) |
| Coptic calendar | 922 – 923 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1198 – 1199 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4966 – 4967 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1261 – 1262 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1128 – 1129 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4307 – 4308 |
| Holocene calendar | 11206 |
| Iranian calendar | 584 – 585 |
| Islamic calendar | 602 – 603 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3539 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1749 |
[edit] Events
- Temüjin is proclaimed Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, founding the Mongol Empire.
- Qutb ud-Din proclaims the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.
- The Arab engineer al-Jazari describes many mechanical inventions in his book (title translated to English) The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices.
- The Livonian Brothers of the Sword, in alliance with the Semigallians, conquer Livs.
- King Valdemar II and Archbishop Andreas Sunonis raid Saaremaa Island, 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.
- Mukhali is appointed myriarch of the left wing of the newly reorganized Mongol army, and granted immunity for up to 9 breaches of the law.
- Theodore Lascaris is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Nicaea.
- Colchester Royal Grammar School founded.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Ikhtiyar al-Din Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, founder of Muslim rule in Bengal
- April 7 - Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine
- June 4 - Adèle of Champagne, queen of Louis VII of France and regent of France
- Muhammad of Ghor, Persian conqueror and sultan (b. 1162)
- Jamuqa, Mongol military and political leader
- Yang Wanli, Chinese poet (b. 1127)
