1201

Events

• The town of Riga was chartered as a city.
• Boniface of Montferrat is elected leader of the Fourth Crusade, after the death of Theobald III of Champagne.

Births

• October 9 - Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (d. 1274)

Deaths

• March 21 - Absalon, Danish archbishop
• July 29 - Agnes of Meran, queen of Philip II of France
• September 5 - Constance, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1161)
• Theobald III of Champagne

Heads of states

• England - John I, King of England (reigned 1199 - 1216).
• France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223).