1200: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Events

• University of Paris receives charter from Philip II of France

• Matthew Paris, English Benedictine monk and chronicler (approximate date).
• Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, eldest, illegitimate son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1244)

• The prominent Chinese philosopher Zhu Xi died in this year.

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