Puneet Varma (Editor)

1213

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit


Year 1213 (MCCXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Contents

Events

  • May 15 – King John of England submits to Pope Innocent III, who in turn lifts the interdict of 1208.
  • May 30 – Battle of Damme: The English fleet under William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury destroys a French fleet off the Belgian port, in the first major victory for the fledgling Royal Navy.
  • September 12 – Battle of Muret: The Toulousain and Aragonese forces of Raymond VI of Toulouse and Peter II of Aragon are defeated by the Albigensian Crusade under Simon de Montfort.
  • Jin China is overrun by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, who plunder the countryside and cities, until only Beijing remains free, despite two bloody palace coups and a lengthy siege.
  • Pope Innocent III issues a charter, calling for the Fifth Crusade to recapture Jerusalem.
  • Mukhali seizes Mi Prefecture and orders all the inhabitants massacred.
  • Construction of the Kilkenny Castle in Ireland completed.

    • Births

  • March 9 – Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271)
  • June 10 – Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi, Persian philosopher and Sufi mystic

    • Deaths

  • January 18 – Queen Tamar of Georgia (b. c. 1160)
  • April 13 – Guy of Thouars, regent of Brittany
  • April 21 – Maria of Montpellier, Lady of Montpellier, Queen of Aragon (b. 1182)
  • September 12 – King Peter II of Aragon (killed in battle) (b. 1174)
  • September 28 – Gertrude of Merania, wife of Andrew II of Hungary (murdered) (b. 1185)
  • October 10 – Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine
  • October 14 – Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex
  • Sharafeddin Tusi, Persian mathematician (b. 1135)

    • References

    1213 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA