1208
1208 — Korea: 도적(盜賊)이 무릉(武陵)을 도굴함 / China: Drought and locusts hits Zhejiang
8 events. The text is the source chronology verbatim; the terms are in Sources & licenses. The grey lines above and below are the surrounding 2 years.
| KoreaGoryeo 918–1392 | ChinaSong dynasty 960–1271 | JapanKamakura period 1185–1333 | United States |
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| - Drought and locusts hits Zhejiang
- Rebellion breaks out in Sichuan
- 韓侂冑被殺,雙方議和,史稱嘉定和議。ZH
- November — Song and Jin agree to a peace renewing the Song's tributary relationship with the Jin
- Yao people rebel in Jinghu and are suppressed
- December — Zhangzong died. He was succeeded by his brother Wanyan Yongji.
- Massive fires erupt in Lin'an
- 1206spring — Kokochu, also known as Teb Tengri, chief shaman of the Mongols, bestows upon Temüjin the title of Genghis Khan, "Oceanic Ruler" of the Mongol Empire, at the kurultai of Burkhan Khaldun, sacred mountain of the Mongols
- 1206Emperor Xiangzong of Western Xia became emperor of Western Xia.
- 1206December — The governor-general of Sichuan, Wu Xi, defects to the Jin dynasty
- 1206June — Song dynasty declares war on Jin dynasty
- 1206鐵木真獲得尊號「成吉思汗」,建國於漠北,國號「大蒙古國」。
- 1206Huanzong was overthrown in a coup.
- 1207Thunderclap bombs are employed by Song forces in a sneak attack on a Jin camp, killing 2000 men and 800 horses.
- 1207March — Song loyalists kill Wu Xi
- 1207April — Song and Jin enter a stalemate
- 1209Locusts plague Zhejiang
- 1210Floodwaters and locusts hit Zhejiang
- 1210Rebellion breaks out in Jinghu and is suppressed
- 1210Earliest known depiction of a trip hammer
| - No events recorded for this year
- 1210Emperor Juntoku, accession
| covered from 1607 |