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Peace treaty between the Chinese Jin and Song dynasties, the Song resume paying tribute after two years of fighting

Peace treaty between the Chinese Jin and Song dynasties, the Song resume paying tribute after two years of fighting

Peace treaty between the Chinese Jin and Song dynasties, the Song resume paying tribute after two years of fighting

Events Before

  1. Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans

    Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans

  2. Chinese southern Song dynasty officially declares war on the northern Jin dynasty

    Chinese southern Song dynasty officially declares war on the northern Jin dynasty

  3. Crusader Wallon de Sarton presents Bishop of Amiens Richard de Gerberoy with purported skull of John the Baptist, stolen

    Crusader Wallon de Sarton presents Bishop of Amiens Richard de Gerberoy with purported skull of John the Baptist, stolen from Constantinople (Amiens cathedral later built to house it)

  4. King John of England grants small town of Liverpool a charter (right to elect a mayor and aldermen)

    King John of England grants small town of Liverpool a charter (right to elect a mayor and aldermen)

  5. Henry III is born

    Henry III is born

Events After

  1. Pope Innocent III crowns King of the Romans, Otto IV, as Holy Roman Emperor at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome

    Otto IV (1175 – 19 May 1218) was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 until his death in 1218. Otto spent most of his early life in England and France.

  2. Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV

    Otto IV (1175 – 19 May 1218) was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 until his death in 1218. Otto spent most of his early life in England and France.

  3. The Santiago de Compostela Cathedral to St James is consecrated before King Alfonso IX of Leon (begun 1075) [1]

    The Santiago de Compostela Cathedral to St James is consecrated before King Alfonso IX of Leon (begun 1075) [1]

  4. Frederick II, later Holy Roman Emperor, is crowned King of Germany in Mainz

    The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans (Latin: Imperator Romanorum; German: Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor...

  5. French and Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo

    French and Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo

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