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★17 Sep 1176
Byzantine–Seljuq wars: The Seljuq Turks prevented the Byzantines from taking the interior of Anatolia at the Battle of Myriokephalon in Phrygia.

★10 Jun 1190
Third Crusade: Frederick Barbarossa drowned in the Saleph River in Anatolia.

★08 Jan 1198
Lotario de Conti was elected as Pope Innocent III; he later worked to restore papal power in Rome.

★31 Jul 1200
Or 1201 – John Komnenos the Fat briefly seized the throne of the Byzantine Empire from Alexios III Angelos, but he was caught that night and executed.

★12 Apr 1204
Troops of the Fourth Crusade entered Constantinople and began a sack of the city, temporarily dissolving the Byzantine Empire.

★27 Jul 1214
Philip II of France decisively won the Battle of Bouvines, the conclusive battle of the 1213–1214 Anglo-French War.

★11 Nov 1215
The Fourth Lateran Council convened, during which it was declared that belief in the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation was obligatory.

★20 May 1217
In the Battle of Lincoln, the last land battle of the First Barons' War, William the Marshal drove Prince Louis of France out of England.

★25 Sep 1237
Henry III of England and Alexander II of Scotland signed the Treaty of York, establishing the Anglo-Scottish border, which mostly remains the same today.

★18 Mar 1241
First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongols overwhelmed the Polish armies of Sandomierz and Kraków provinces in the Battle of Chmielnik and plundered the abandoned city of Kraków.

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http://www.kongernesjelling.dk/sw250.asp Biografi Valdemar 2. Sejr kom til magten, da hans bror Knud 4. dø        de barnlø        s. Inden da havde han dog allerede væ        ret en indflydelsesrig stø        tte for Knud. Tilnavnet Sejr fik Valdemar, fordi han var en af de store erobrer i danmarkshistorien. Hans erobri nger omfattede store områ        der ved Ø        stersø        en, bl.a. Pommern og Estland. Sæ        rligt erobringen af Estland har siden haft en sæ        rlig betydning i danmarkshistorien, da det ifø        lge sagnet var her, at Dannebrog faldt ned fra himlen.

I 1223 begyndte det dog at gå         tilbage for Valdemar. Under et jagtselskab på         Lyø         blev han lokket i baghold af en af ofrene for hans erobringspolitik, Henrik af Schwerin. Trods protester fra Paven kom Valdemar til at side i fangenskab i over 2 å        r og kom fø        rst fri, da han indvilgede i at betale lø        sepenge og give afkald på         de fleste af sine erobringer. Efter lø        sladelsen sø        gte Valdemar at vinde det tabte tilbage, men led nederlag ved Bornhø        ved i Holsten. Atter matte han lø        skø        bes, og Valdemar holdt sig nu i ro resten af sin regeringstid. Lige fø        r sin dø        d underskrev Valdemar Jyske Lov; loven der starter med ordene: "Med lov skal land bygges.."