Events from 1204

Loss of Normandy - Philip Augustus takes Château Gaillard and Rouen, John loses ancestral Angevin lands, earns nickname 'Lackland'

Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople - worst disaster in Byzantine history, treasures looted, empire fragments

Venice sacks Constantinople - directs Fourth Crusade against Byzantium, steals treasures including four bronze horses

Venice gains 'Quarter and Half-Quarter' of Byzantine Empire - controls three-eighths of former Byzantine territories, becomes imperial power

Philip Augustus takes Normandy - captures Rouen, ends 300 years of Norman control, John Lackland flees

Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople - Latin Empire established, permanent schism between East and West deepened