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1203

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

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.

Births

Deaths

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