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1206
upright=1.35|thumb|Temüjin becomes Genghis Khan of the Mongol Empire
Year 1206 (MCCVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
January 31 – Battle of Rusion: The Bulgarian forces (some 7,000 men), under Tsar Kaloyan, defeat the remnants of the Latin army, near the fortress of Rusion in Thrace. Around 120 knights, supported by soldiers and cavalry, are killed in battle or captured.
February – The Bulgarians attack and loot the fortified town of Rodosto (see Battle of Rodosto), defended by a Venetian garrison. Later, Kaloyan captures many more towns and fortresses.Setton, Kenneth M. (1989). A History of the Crusades, Volume VI: The Impact of the Crusades on Europe, p. 436. Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press. 0-299-10740-X.
August 20 – Henry of Flanders is crowned as the second emperor of the Latin Empire, in the Hagia Sophia at Constantinople, after hearing of the death of his brother, Emperor Baldwin I, who has died in prison at Baldwin's Tower in Tsarevets Castle, in Veliko Tarnovo (after being captured by the Bulgarians in 1205). Upon Henry's ascension as Latin emperor, the Lombard nobles of the Kingdom of Thessalonica refuse to give him allegiance.Nicol, Donald M. (2002). The Last Centuries of Byzantium (1261–1453), p. 12. Cambridge University Press.
Asia
Temüjin assembles at a Kurultai, a council of chiefs of the Mongol tribes under his rule, and is elected as their leader. He is given the title of Genghis Khan of the Mongol people – founding the Mongol Empire. Genghis takes immediate steps to underpin his military command, starting with a fundamental reordering of tribal loyalties. United under one nomadic nation, under one banner and one authority.Andrew Roberts (2011). Great Commanders of the Medieval World (454–1582): Genghis Khan, p. 146–147. 978-0-85738-589-5.
Muqali (or Mukhali), a Mongol general in service of Genghis Khan, is rewarded with the command of the left-wing of the newly reorganized Mongol army and takes control over the eastern Mingghans.Hope, Michael (2016). Power, Politics, and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Īlkhānate of Iran, p. 36. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19108-107-1.
March 15 – Sultan Muhammad of Ghor is murdered and succeeded by Qutb al-Din Aibak, his deputy in India, who founds the Mamluk Dynasty, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.Hywel Williams (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History, p. 133. 0-304-35730-8.
Europe
King Valdemar II ("the Conqueror") and Archbishop Andreas Sunonis raid Saaremaa Island (modern 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.
The Livonian Brothers of the Sword, in alliance with the Semigallians, conquer the Livonians (or Livs).
Britain
June – John, King of England ("Lackland") lands an expeditionary army at La Rochelle to defend his interests in Aquitaine, which is his from the inheritance from his mother, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. Meanwhile, French forces led by King Philip II ("Augustus") move south to meet John. The year's campaign ends in a stalemate and a two-year truce is made between the two rulers.Turner, Ralph V. (2009). King John: England's Evil King?, pp. 107–108. Stroud, UK: History Press. 978-0-7524-4850-3.
By topic
Art and Culture
Sugar, an import from the Muslim world, is mentioned for the first time in a royal English account. Almonds, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg are also imported for royal banquets.King John W. L. Warren University of California Press 1961 11, 139
Religion
A peasant named Thurkhill in England claims that Saint Julian took him on a tour of Purgatory. Thurkhill includes realistic touches of descriptions of Purgatory's torture chambers. This is also believed by Roger of Wendover, one of his society's leading historians.
December – The monks of Canterbury want their own sub-prior Reginald for the post of archbishop, while King John chooses John de Gray. Pope Innocent III appoints Stephen Langton. Finally, the monks accept the Pope's decision and vote for Langton.
Technology
The Arab engineer Ismail al-Jazari describes many mechanical inventions in his book (title translated to English) The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices.
Births
c.March 19 – Güyük Khan (or Kuyuk), Mongol emperor (d. 1248)
April 7 – Otto II, German nobleman (d. 1253)
unknown dates
Béla IV, king of Hungary and Croatia (d. 1270)Almási Tibor Kristó Gyula Engel Pál Makk Ferenc Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9–14. század) [Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History (9th–14th centuries)] Akadémiai Kiadó 1994 92–93, 234 IV. Béla; Gertrúd 963-05-6722-9 hu
Hong Pok-wŏn, Korean general and official (d. 1258)Oleg Pirozhenko, 'Political Trends of Hong Bog Won Clan in the Period of Mongol Domination', International Journal of Korean History, Vol. 9 (2005); available at http://ijkh.khistory.org/journal/view.php?number=469; English translation here: http://ijkh.khistory.org/upload/pdf/9-08_oleg%20pirozhenko.pdf
Yaghmurasen ibn Zyan, Zayyanid ruler (d. 1283)a et b Ibn Khaldoun, Histoire des Berbères et des dynasties musulmanes de l'Afrique septentrionale, traduction du baron de Slane (tome III), Ed. Imprimerie du Gouvernement (Alger), 1856 (read online)
approximate dates
Margaret de Quincy, English noblewoman (d. 1266)Wilkinson, Louise J. (2000) "Pawn and Political Player: Observations on the Life of a Thirteenth-Century Countess" Historical Research Vol. 73 No. 181, pp. 105-123.
Sheikh Edebali, Ottoman religious leader (d. 1326)Şahin Kamil https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/edebali EDEBÂLI 10 393-394
Deaths
February 4 – Theobald Walter, Norman High Sheriff (b. 1165)
March 5 – Thietmar of Minden (or Dietmar), German bishop
April 5 – Ottaviano di Paoli, Italian cardinal-bishop and diplomatConradus Eubel Hierarchia catholica Tomus 1 1913 Libreria Regensbergiana Münster second la 35 https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol01eubeuoft
April 7 – Frederick I, German nobleman (House of Lorraine)
April 16 – Kujō Yoshitsune, Japanese nobleman (b. 1169)
April 23 – Suero Rodríguez, Spanish knight and Grand Master
June 4 – Adela of Champagne, queen of France (b. 1140)
unknown dates
Artaldus (or Arthaud), French priest and bishop (b. 1101)Paul Burns Alban Butler Butler's Lives of the Saints Burns & Oates 1995 9780860122593 47
Harald Maddadsson, Norwegian nobleman (b. 1134)William P. L. Thomson History of Orkney Mercat Press 1987 9780901824820 77 9
Huan Zong, Chinese emperor of Western Xia (b. 1177)Shi Jinbo https://brill.com/view/book/9789004461321/BP000009.xml The Empire of Western Xia and the Tangut Economy 2021-06-01 Brill 978-90-04-46132-1 en
Ismail al-Jazari, Artuqid polymath and inventor (b. 1136)Balafrej Lamia 2022-12-19 Automated Slaves, Ambivalent Images, and Noneffective Machines in al-Jazari's Compendium of the Mechanical Arts, 1206. https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/xxi/article/view/91685 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual en 3 4 737–774 10.11588/xxi.2022.4.91685 2701-1550
Muhammad of Ghor, ruler of the Ghurid Empire (b. 1149)Puri B. N. https://books.google.com/books?id=Y7fUHMEDAyEC A Comprehensive History of India: Comprehensive history of medieval India Das M. N. 2003-12-01 Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd 978-81-207-2508-9 en
William de Burgh, English nobleman (House of Burke)B. Smith, "Burgh, Richard de (died 1243)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. online edition, Oxford University Press, (2004), [author states, "Burgh, Richard de (d. 1243), justiciar of Ireland, was the son of William de Burgh (d. 1206)".].
Yang Wanli, Chinese politician and poet (b. 1127)The poetry of Yang Wan-Li https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0093625 University of British Columbia 1975 10.14288/1.0093625 Jerry Dean Schmidt
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