Year by year · 13th century
1209
1209 in world history: 6 events, 1 birth and 6 deaths. 668 recorded states existed that year.
Events
Crusaders sack Béziers and massacre its people
The army of the Albigensian Crusade stormed Béziers and killed much of its population. A chronicler later attributed to the papal legate the words 'Kill them all; God will know his own'.
Event
Parliament of Ravennika
The Parliament of Ravennika was an assembly held in May 1209 at Ravennika, in central Greece, by the Latin Emperor Henry of Flanders.
Treaty
Treaty of Sapienza
The Treaty of Sapienza was an agreement of 1209 between the Republic of Venice and Geoffrey I of Villehardouin, ruler of the Frankish Principality of Achaea in the Peloponnese.
In the profiles
County of ToulouseThe Albigensian Crusade begins with the massacre at Béziers
Principality of AchaeaGeoffrey I is recognised as a vassal of the Latin emperor at Ravennika
Wars and longer events
Born in 1209 1
Died in 1209 6
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