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==== England ====
* [[John, King of England]] ("Lackland") introduces the first income tax. One-thirteenth of income from rents and moveable property has to be paid. Collected locally by sheriffs and administered by the [[Exchequer]], the tax is unpopular with the English nobility and especially in the churches and monasteries, but does raise a lot of money for John, doubling his annual income for the year.
* [[May 24]] &ndash; John still refuses to accept [[Stephen Langton]] as archbishop; Innocent III threatens to place [[Kingdom of England|England]] under an [[Interdict]]. In response, John confiscates church property. Many of the English bishops of the great churches in the country flee abroad to the [[Continental Europe|Continent]].
* November &ndash; [[Leeds]], a market town in [[West Yorkshire]], receives its first charter (approximate date).