Events

• Temujin is proclaimed Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, founding the Mongol Empire
• Qutb ud-Din proclaims the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.
• Livonian Brothers of the Sword in alliance with Semigallians conquers Livs

Births

Deaths

• April 7 Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine

Monarchs/Presidents

• France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)
• Mongol Empire - Genghis Khan, Mongol Khan (from 1206 to 1227)
• Venice - Pietro Ziani Doge of Venice (ruled from 1205 to 1229)
• See also: list of state leaders in 1206