1214

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Years: 1211 1212 1213 - 1214 - 1215 1216 1217

Decades: 1180s 1190s 1200s - 1210s - 1220s 1230s 1240s

Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Events

• April 13 - Simon Apulia becomes Bishop of Exeter.
• June 20 - The University of Oxford receives its charter.
• July 27 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
• The German city of Bielefeld is founded.
• The Emperor of Jin China surrenders to the Mongols under Genghis Khan, who have besieged Beijing for a year. He pays a huge ransom and then abandons Northern China, heading for Kaifeng.
• In his campaigns in Liaodong, the Mongol general Mukhali commands a newly formed Khitan-Chinese army and a special corps of 12,000 Chinese auxiliary troops.

Births

• April 25 - King Louis IX of France (d. 1270)
• Isabella of England, daughter of John of England (d. 1241)

Deaths

• September 14 - Albert Avogadro, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (b. 1149)
• October 5 - King Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1155)
• October 31 - Leonora of England, queen of Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1162)
• December 4 - King William I of Scotland
• John de Gray, bishop of Norwich
• Rostislav II of Kiev (b. 1173)
• Vsevolod IV of Kiev
• Rurik Rostislavich, Prince of Novgorod
• Steksys, Grand Prince of Lithuania

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