1206

'Years:' 1203 1204 1205 - 1206 - 1207 1208 1209

'Decades:' 1170s 1180s 1190s - '1200s' - 1210s 1220s 1230s

'Centuries:' 12th century - '13th century' - 14th century

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

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 arabic engineer al-Jazari describes many mechanical inventions in his book (with the English title) ''The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices''.

★ Livonian Brothers of the Sword in alliance with Semigallians conquers Livs

★ King Valdemar II and archbishop Andreas Sunonis made a raid to Saaremaa island, Estonia. The islanders were forced to submit and the Danes built a fortress there, but they found no volunteers to man it. They burned it down themselves and left the island.

Births

★ Béla IV of Hungary (died 1270)

★ Güyük Khan

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 (born 1162)

★ Jamuqa, Mongol military and political leader

★ Yang Wanli, Chinese poet (born 1127)