August 1 ndash The Fourth Crusade elevates Alexius IV as Byzantine Emperor, after the citizens of Constantinople proclaim as emperor Isaac II Angelus (Alexius IV's father).
July 17 ndash The armies of the Fourth Crusade capture Constantinople by assau the Byzantine emperor Alexius III flees from his capital into exile.
First evidence that the Temple in London is extending loans to the king of England. The sums remained relatively small but were often used for critical operations such as the ransoming of the king’s soldiers captured by the French.
