Pope Innocent III reasserts his right to evaluate and crown the Holy Roman Emperor, in a letter to the duke of Zahringen.
The Almohad fleet expels the Banu Ghaniya from the Balearic Islands.ref name=Picard1997
(circa) The first jesters are hired in European courts.
Leonardo Fibonacci writes "Liber Abaci", about the "modus Indorum", the numbering method of India it is the first major work in Europe toward moving away from the use of Roman numerals.