1208

year

1208 (MCCVIII)was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1208th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 208th year of the 2nd millennium, the 8th year of the 13th century, and the 9th year of the 1200s decade. As of the start of 1208, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:2nd millennium
Centuries:12th century13th century14th century
Decades: 1170s  1180s  1190s  – 1200s –  1210s  1220s  1230s
Years:1205 1206 120712081209 1210 1211
1208 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1208
MCCVIII
Ab urbe condita1961
Armenian calendar657
ԹՎ ՈԾԷ
Assyrian calendar5958
Balinese saka calendar1129–1130
Bengali calendar615
Berber calendar2158
English Regnal yearJoh. 1 – 10 Joh. 1
Buddhist calendar1752
Burmese calendar570
Byzantine calendar6716–6717
Chinese calendar丁卯(Fire Rabbit)
3904 or 3844
    — to —
戊辰年 (Earth Dragon)
3905 or 3845
Coptic calendar924–925
Discordian calendar2374
Ethiopian calendar1200–1201
Hebrew calendar4968–4969
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1264–1265
 - Shaka Samvat1129–1130
 - Kali Yuga4308–4309
Holocene calendar11208
Igbo calendar208–209
Iranian calendar586–587
Islamic calendar604–605
Japanese calendarJōgen (Kamakura period) 2
(承元2年)
Javanese calendar1116–1117
Julian calendar1208
MCCVIII
Korean calendar3541
Minguo calendar704 before ROC
民前704年
Nanakshahi calendar−260
Thai solar calendar1750–1751
Tibetan calendar阴火兔年
(female Fire-Rabbit)
1334 or 953 or 181
    — to —
阳土龙年
(male Earth-Dragon)
1335 or 954 or 182

Events

  • January 31 – Inferior Swedish forces defeats the invading danes in Battle of Lena.
  • June 21 – Philip of Swabia King of Germany and rival Holy Roman Emperor to Otto IV, assassinated in Bamberg by German Count Otto of Wittelsbach because Philip had refused to give him his daughter in marriage.
  • With the help of the newly converted local tribes of Livs and Letts, the crusaders initiated raids into part of what is present-day Estonia and Estonian ancient fight for independence began (lasted until 1227).

Births

Deaths

  • April 22 – Philip of Poitou, Prince-Bishop of Durham
  • June 21 – Philip of Swabia, king of Germany
  • November 9 – Sancha of Castile, queen of Alfonso II of Aragon (born 1155)
  • Amhaoibh O'Rothlain, Chief of Calruidhe Cuile Cearnadha