Roman Mstislavich unites Galicia and Volhynia
A strong principality rises in south-western Rus'
Prince Roman Mstislavich of Volhynia took Halych, uniting the Galician and Volhynian lands, and in 1203 he also subdued Kiev. After his death in 1205 the principality fell into turmoil, but his son Daniel restored the Galician-Volhynian realm.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1188 Magdeburg rights — 11 years earlier
- 1202 Fibonacci's Liber Abaci — 3 years later
- 1204 Sack of Constantinople — 5 years later
- 1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa — 13 years later
- 1215 Magna Carta — 16 years later
Middle East
- 1191 Third Crusade: capture of Acre — 8 years earlier
Asia
- 1192–1333 First shogunate in Japan — 7 years earlier
- 1192 Second Battle of Tarain — 7 years earlier
- 1206 Temüjin proclaimed Genghis Khan — 7 years later
- 1206 Founding of the Delhi Sultanate — 7 years later
- 1219 The Mongols invade Khwarazm — 20 years later
Alive at the time
- Genghis Khan (aged 37)
- Zhu Xi (aged 69)
- Minamoto no Yoritomo (aged 52)
- Vsevolod the Big Nest (aged 45)
- Richard the Lionheart (aged 42)
- Philip II Augustus (aged 34)
- John Lackland (aged 33)
- Francis of Assisi (aged 17)
- Frederick II (aged 5)
- Jayavarman VII (aged 77)