1207 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Stephen Langton consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury June 17 by Pope Innocent III

Births

• September 8 - King Sancho II of Portugal
• October 1 - Henry III of England (English monarch) in Winchester
• Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (poet and Sufi mystic)
• Elizabeth of Hungary St. Elizabeth in Pressburg, now Bratislava Czech.

Deaths

Monarchs/Presidents

• France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)
• Mongol Empire - Genghis Khan, Mongol Khan (from 1206 to 1227)
• Venice - Pietro Ziani Doge of Venice (ruled from 1205 to 1229)