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Years: 1214 1215 1216 - 1217 - 1218 1219 1220

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

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

Events

• April 9 - Peter of Courtenay is crowned emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople at Rome, by Pope Honorius III.
• May 20 - First Barons' War: The royalists prevail at Lincoln.
• August 24 - First Barons' War: In the Battle of Sandwich between English and French soldiers in the English Channel, mercenary Eustace the Monk, working for the French side, is captured and beheaded.
• September 11 - The Treaty of Lambeth ends the First Barons' War.
• September 21 - Battle of St. Matthew's Day: The Germans defeat the Estonians.
• The Kingdom of Serbia is founded.
• The Fifth Crusade begins with a failed Christian attack on Egypt.
• Genghis Khan destroys Kara-Khitai.
• England decrees that only Englishman can be clergy of Ireland.
• Mukhali is back in Genghis Khan's camp in Mongolia and receives the hereditary title of prince, a golden seal, and a white standard with 9 tails and a black crescent in the middle. He is appointed commander in chief of operations in North China.

Births

• John I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1286)
• Baldwin, Latin Emperor of Constantinople (d. 1273)
• Henry I of Cyprus
• Eleanor of Provence, Queen of Henry III of England (d. 1291)
• Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler of Persia (d. 1265)
• Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1270)

Deaths

• April 23 - Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)
• April 25 - Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia
• August 24 - Eustace the Monk, French mercenary and pirate
• September 10 - William de Reviers, 5th Earl of Devon, English nobleman
• September 21 - Lembitu of Lehola, Estonian resistance leader and Caupo of Turaida, Livonian leader (at the Battle of St. Matthew's Day)
• October 14 - Isabel of Gloucester, wife of King John of England
• Maria Comnena, wife of Amalric I of Jerusalem

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