1209
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1209 (MCCIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1209th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 209th year of the 2nd millennium, the 9th year of the 13th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1200s decade. As of the start of 1209, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
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Events
- Albigensian Crusade against Cathars (1209-1218)
- the Franciscans are founded
- Cambridge University founded.
- London Bridge completed
- In August, Simon De Monfort, leader of Albigensian Crusade, takes over Carcassonne
- Genghis Khan conquers Turkestan
Births
Deaths
- November 12 – Phillipe de Plessis, Grand Master of the Knights Templar (born 1165)
- Walter Map, Welsh writer (born 1137)
- Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Persian theologian and philosopher (born 1149)
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