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==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Boniface I, Marquis of Montferrat|Boniface I]], marquis of g, sends envoys to [[Republic of Venice|Venice]], [[Republic of Genoa|Genoa]] and other city-states to negotiate a contract for transport to the [[Levant]]. Meanwhile, Boniface and various nobles are mustering an expeditionary army (mainly forces from [[France in the Middle Ages|France]] and the [[Holy Roman Empire]]) at [[Paris]]. On [[February 23]], [[Baldwin I, Latin Emperor|Baldwin IX]], count of [[County of Flanders|Flanders]] and his brother [[Henry of Flanders]] take the cross at [[Bruges]] (modern [[Belgium]]), and agree to take part in the [[Fourth Crusade]] called by Pope [[Pope Innocent III|Innocent III]] (see [[1199]]).<ref>Steven Runciman (1952). ''A History of The Crusaders. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre'', pp. 93–94. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29877-0}}.</ref>
* [[May 22]] &ndash; The Kings [[John, King of England|John]] of England and [[Philip II of France|Philip II]] of France, sign a peace treaty at [[Saint-Pierre-d'Autils|Le Goulet]], an island in the middle of the [[Seine|Seine River]], near [[Vernon, Eure|Vernon]] in [[Duchy of Normandy|Normandy]]. The agreement recognizes John as overlord of most of the English owned lands in France, but John has to give Philip the lands of Norman [[Vexin]] and [[Évreux]] and a large sum of money (some 20,000 marks) – a "relief" payment for recognition of John's sovereignty of [[Duchy of Brittany|Brittany]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Warren |first=W. L. |date=1978 |title=King John |url=https://archive.org/details/kingjohn00wlwa|url-access=registration |publisher=University of California Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/kingjohn00wlwa/page/55 55]}}</ref>
* [[August 25]] &ndash; Eager to make peace with [[Aymer, Count of Angoulême|Aymer Taillefer]], count of [[Angoulême]], John marries 15-year-old [[Isabella of Angoulême]] at [[Bordeaux]]. In order to remarry, John needs to abandon his first wife, [[Isabella, Countess of Gloucester|Isabella of Gloucester]]. John accomplishes this by arguing that he has failed to get the necessary [[Dispensation (Catholic canon law)#Papal dispensation|papal dispensation]] to marry Isabella of Gloucester.<ref>{{cite book|title=King John|first=W. L.|last=Warren |publisher=University of California Press|year=1978|page=64}}</ref>
* The rebel leader [[Ivanko (boyar)|Ivanko]] is captured and executed by the Byzantine general [[Alexios Palaiologos (despot)|Alexios Palaiologos]] (son-in-law of Emperor [[Alexios III Angelos]]).