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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: 1207 births, 1207 by country, 1207 crimes, 1207 deaths, 1207 establishments, 1207 in Europe, Conflicts in 1207, Liverpool, Henry III of England, Rumi, Philip I, Count of Savoy, Henry II the Pious, Batu Khan, Walter de Coutances, Kaloyan of Bulgaria, Elisabeth of Hungary, Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat, Hartwig of Uthlede, Xin Qiji, Dunlough Castle, Sancho II of Portugal, Raymond II Trencavel, Simon of Wells, Henry II, Duke of Brabant, Ji Gong, List of state leaders in 1207, Adelasia of Torres, Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, Bona of Pisa, John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon, Otto I, Count of Guelders, Jakuen, Ottone Visconti, Saddell Abbey, Battle of Messinopolis, Tomaltach na Cairge MacDermot, Simon II, Duke of Lorraine, Diego de Acebo, Malik ibn al-Murahhal, John of Kelso, Han Tuozhou, Fujiwara no Kanezane, Donnchadh Conallagh Ua Conchobair, Siege of Attalia, Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan, Mohammed ibn Qasim al-Tamimi, Margaret of Louvain, Gulielmus Peregrinus, Diarmaid Cleirech Ua Madadhan, 1207 in poetry, 1207 in Ireland. Excerpt: Liverpool ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880. Liverpool is the fourth largest city in the United Kingdom (third largest in England) with a population of 435,500, and lies at the centre of the wider Liverpool Urban Area, which has a population of 816,216. Historically a part of Lancashire, the urbanisation and expansion of Liverpool were both largely brought about by the city's status as a major port. By the 18th century, trade from the West Indies, Ireland and mainland Europe coupled with close links with the Atlantic Slave Trade furthered the economic expansion of Liverpool. By the early 19th century, 40% of the world's trade passed throug...