1203
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Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century Decades: 1150s 1160s 1170s 1180s 1190s - 1200s - 1210s 1220s 1230s 1240s 1250s Years: 1198 1199 1200 1201 1202 - 1203 - 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208
Events
- April 16 - Philip II of France enters Rouen, leading to the eventual unification of Normandy and France.
- June 23 - Fleet of the Fourth Crusade enters Bosphorus
- July 17 - Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault; the Byzantine emperor Alexius III flees from his capital into exile.
- August 1 - Fourth Crusade elevates Alexius IV as Byzantine emperor, after the citizens of Constantinople proclaim as emperor Isaac II Angelus (Alexius IV's father).
- William de Braose, Fourth Lord of Bramber becomes the guardian of Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, and is possibly responsible for his death.
- Minamoto no Sanetomo becomes shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate
- France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)