1207

1207 (MCCVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1207th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 207th year of the 2nd millennium, the 7th year of the 13th century, and the 8th year of the 1200s decade. As of the start of 1207, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century – 13th century – 14th century
Decades:	1170s  1180s  1190s  – 1200s –  1210s  1220s  1230s
Years:	1204 1205 1206 – 1207 – 1208 1209 1210

1207 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1207 MCCVII
Ab urbe condita	1960
Armenian calendar	656 ԹՎ ՈԾԶ
Assyrian calendar	5957
Balinese saka calendar	1128–1129
Bengali calendar	614
Berber calendar	2157
English Regnal year	8 Joh. 1 – 9 Joh. 1
Buddhist calendar	1751
Burmese calendar	569
Byzantine calendar	6715–6716
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3903 or 3843     — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3904 or 3844
Coptic calendar	923–924
Discordian calendar	2373
Ethiopian calendar	1199–1200
Hebrew calendar	4967–4968
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1263–1264
- Shaka Samvat	1128–1129
- Kali Yuga	4307–4308
Holocene calendar	11207
Igbo calendar	207–208
Iranian calendar	585–586
Islamic calendar	603–604
Japanese calendar	Ken'ei 2 / Jōgen (Kamakura period) 1 (承元元年)
Javanese calendar	1115–1116
Julian calendar	1207 MCCVII
Korean calendar	3540
Minguo calendar	705 before ROC 民前705年
Nanakshahi calendar	−261
Thai solar calendar	1749–1750
Tibetan calendar	阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 1333 or 952 or 180     — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1334 or 953 or 181

Events

• Stephen Langton consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury June 17 by Pope Innocent III.
• Pope Innocent III declares for Philip of Swabia as Holy Roman Emperor, a reversal of his previous support for Otto IV.
• King John issued letters patent creating the new Borough of Liverpool

Births

• September 8 – King Sancho II of Portugal
• September 30 – Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian poet and Sufi mystic (died 1273)
• October 1 – King Henry III of England (died 1272)
• Henry II, Duke of Brabant (died 1248)
• Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary and saint (died 1231)
• Philip I of Savoy (died 1285)

Deaths

• January 4 – Simon II, Duke of Lorraine
• June 17 – Daoji, Chinese buddhist monk (born 1130)
• Amaury of Bene, heretic
• Kaloyan, Tsar of Bulgaria
• Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (born 1140)

Monarchs/Presidents

• France – Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)
• Mongol Empire – Genghis Khan, Mongol Khan (from 1206 to 1227)
• Venice – Pietro Ziani Doge of Venice (ruled from 1205 to 1229)
• England – John King of England (reigned from 1199 to 1216)
• Latin Empire of Constantinople – Henry of Flanders (reigned from 1205 to 1216)
• Pope – Innocent III (pope from 1198 to 1216)