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Year 1217 (MCCXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Asia

  • 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.
  • The Fifth Crusade reaches the Holy Land

    • Europe

  • April 9 – Peter II of Courtenay is crowned emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople at Rome, by Pope Honorius III.
  • May 20 – First Barons' War in England: Occupying French forces are defeated at the Battle of Lincoln by English royal troops led by William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke and survivors forced to flee south.
  • June 6 – King Henry I of Castile dies aged thirteen from the fall of a roof tile in Palencia, an event which his regent, Álvaro Núñez de Lara, attempts to conceal. Henry's sister Berengaria succeeds to the throne.
  • June – Haakon Haakonsson becomes King Haakon IV of Norway following the death of Inge II and largely ends the civil war era in Norway, reigning until 1263.
  • August 24 – First Barons' War: In the Battle of Sandwich in the English Channel, English forces destroy the French and the French mercenary Eustace the Monk is captured and beheaded.
  • August 31 – Ferdinand becomes King of Castile on abdication of his mother Berengaria.
  • September 12 – First Barons' War in England ended by the Treaty of Kingston upon Thames: French and Scots are to leave England, and an amnesty is granted to rebels.
  • September 20 – Treaty of Lambeth signed ratifying the Treaty of Kingston.
  • September 21 – Livonian Crusade: The Livonian Brothers of the Sword and allied Livs and Letts defeat the Estonian army in the Battle of St. Matthew's Day and kill their leader Lembitu.
  • October 18 – Fifth Crusade, Reconquista: Alcácer do Sal is reconquered by the troops of King Afonso II of Portugal.
  • November – In the Kingdom of Castile, former regent Álvaro Núñez de Lara is captured and forced to relinquish all his castles.
  • Stefan Nemanjić is elevated to be first King of the Serbian lands by Pope Honorius III and crowned by Stefan's brother, Archimandrite Sava, in Žiča.
  • A decree made in England establishes that only Englishman can be clergy of Ireland.

    • 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)
  • Izz al-Din ibn Shaddad, Arab historian (d. 1285)

    • Deaths

  • April 23 – King Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)
  • April 25 – Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia
  • June 6 – King Henry I of Castile (b. 1204)
  • August 24 – Eustace the Monk, French mercenary and pirate (b. c.1170)
  • September 10 – William de Redvers, 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 – Isabella, Countess of Gloucester, wife of King John of England (b. c.1173)
  • Maria Comnena, wife of Amalric I of Jerusalem (b. c.1154) (latest possible date of death)
  • Lovers of Teruel: Juan Martinez (aka Diego Marcilla) and Isabel Segura (alleged date)

    • References

    1217 Wikipedia
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