1210

'Years:' 1207 1208 1209 - 1210 - 1211 1212 1213

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

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

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ End of the reign of Emperor Tsuchimikado, emperor of Japan

★ Emperor Juntoku ascends to the throne of Japan

★ Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor excommunicated by Pope Innocent III for invading southern Italy in 1210

★ Gottfried von Strassburg writes his epic poem ''Tristan'' about 1210

★ Beginning of Delhi Sultanate

★ Jochi, eldest son of Genghis Khan, leads a Mongol campaign against the Kyrgyz

Births

★ May 5 - King Afonso III of Portugal (died 1279)

★ June 24 - Count Floris IV of Holland (died 1234)

★ July 22 - Joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (died 1238)

★ Ibn Nafis, Persian anatomist (died 1288)

Deaths

★ Lu You, Chinese poet (born 1125)

★ Jinul, Korean Buddhist philosopher

★ July 17, King Sverker II of Sweden (born in the 1160s), in the Battle of Gestilren