Editing 1209 (section)

==== Britain ====
* [[November]] &ndash; Against the backdrop of the continuing [[Papal Interdict of 1208]], [[John, King of England]], is excommunicated by [[Pope Innocent III]]. Despite the excommunication, John will continue to make amends to the Church – including giving alms to the poor whenever he defiles a holy day by hunting during it. He feeds 100 paupers to make up for when he "went into the woods on the feast of St. [[Mary Magdalene|Mary Magdalen]]", and three years from now, he will feast 450 paupers "because the king went to take cranes, and he took nine, for each of which he feasted fifty paupers."<ref>''King John'' by Warren.  Published by University of California Press in 1961.  p. 141</ref>
* [[Black Monday]], [[Dublin]]: A group of 500 recently arrived settlers from [[Bristol]] are massacred by warriors of the Irish [[O'Byrne family|O'Byrne clan]]. The group (accompanied by women and children) leaves the safety of the walled city of Dublin to celebrate [[Easter Monday]] near a wood at [[Ranelagh]], and are attacked without warning. Although a relatively obscure event in history, it is commemorated by a mustering of the [[Mayor]], [[High sheriff|Sheriffs]], and soldiers on the day, as a challenge to the native tribes for centuries afterwards.
* [[London Bridge]] is completed by a stone-arched structure. On the bridge are houses built; this is for paying the maintenance, though it has to be supplemented by other rents and by tolls.