1207

By area

Asia

• Before 1207 - Kosho writes Kuya Preaching, during the Kamakura period.
• Hōnen and his followers are exiled to remote parts of Japan, while a few are executed, for what the government considers heretical Buddhist teachings.

  Europe

• February 2 - Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, is established as a principality of the Holy Roman Empire.
• November - Leeds, a market town in England, receives its first charter.
• Pope Innocent III declares for Philip of Swabia as Holy Roman Emperor, a reversal of his previous support for Otto IV.
• King John issues letters patent, creating the new Borough of Liverpool.

  By topic

Markets

• The first documentary evidence of forced loans in Venice. This technique becomes the staple of public finance in Europe, until the 16th century.

  Religion

• June 17 - Stephen Langton is consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury, by Pope Innocent III.