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| Years: 1217 1218 1219 - 1220 - 1221 1222 1223 | |
| Decades: 1190s 1200s 1210s - 1220s - 1230s 1240s 1250s | |
| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century | |
| 1220 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1220 MCCXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1973 |
| Armenian calendar | 669 ԹՎ ՈԿԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -624 – -623 |
| Berber calendar | 2170 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1764 |
| Burmese calendar | 582 |
| Chinese calendar | 3856/3916-11-24 (己卯年十一月廿四日) — to — 3857/3917-12-5(庚辰年十二月初五日) |
| Coptic calendar | 936 – 937 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1212 – 1213 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4980 – 4981 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1275 – 1276 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1142 – 1143 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4321 – 4322 |
| Holocene calendar | 11220 |
| Iranian calendar | 598 – 599 |
| Islamic calendar | 616 – 617 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1880 (皇紀1880年) |
| Julian calendar | 1265 |
| Korean calendar | 3553 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1763 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
- May - St. Francis of Assisi resigns from the leadership of the Franciscan Order.
- August 8 - Battle of Lihula: The Estonians defeat the invading Swedes.
- November 22 - Frederick II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Honorius III.
- The Mongols first invade the Abbasid Caliphate; Bukhara and Samarkand are taken.
- The Kara-Khitan Khanate is destroyed by Genghis Khan's Mongolian cavalry.
- The Dominican Order is approved by Pope Honorius III.
- Conrad of Masovia drives out the heathen Prussians from a Masovian territory of Chelmno Land.
- Trial by ordeal is abolished in England.
- The German Hohenstaufen dynasty, which had ruled Sicily since 1194, adopts Palermo as its principal seat.
- Dordrecht receives city rights, making it the oldest city in the present-day Netherlands.
- Ljubljana receives its town rights.
- The Islamic lands of Central Asia are overrun by the armies of the Mongol invader Genghis Khan (ca. 1155-1227), who lays waste to many civilizations and creates an empire that stretches from China to the Caspian Sea. However, he fails to destroy the strength of Islam in Central Asia.
- The Thai Kingdom of Sukhothai is established.
[edit] Architecture
- Gothic architecture becomes increasingly popular in Europe.
- The rebuilding of the Cathedral of Chartres, which had been destroyed by a fire in 1194, is completed.
- Rebuilding of the York Minster begins.
- Building of the Salisbury Cathedral begins.
[edit] Births
- April 1 - Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)
- November 11 - Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (d. 1271)
- Thomas Ercildoun, Scottish minstrel (d. 1297)
- Alexander Nevsky, Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir
- Przemysł I of Poland (d. 1257)
- Yaroslav of Russia, Grand Duke of Vladimir
- Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster (d. 1271)
[edit] Deaths
- February 17 - Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine
- April 15 - Adolf of Altena, Archbishop of Cologne
- Michael Choniates, Byzantine writer and ecclesiastic
- Farid od-Din Mohammad ebn Ebrahim 'Attar, Persian mystical poet
- Saxo Grammaticus, Danish historian (b. 1150)
- Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (b. 1176)
- Mestwin I of Pomerania
- Queen Urraca of Portugal, spouse of King Afonso II of Portugal (b. 1186)
[edit] Office holders
[edit] Ongoing Events
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