1213

'Years:' 1210 1211 1212 - 1213 - 1214 1215 1216

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

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

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ May 30 - Battle of Damme; English fleet under William Longsword destroyes 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 defeated by the Albigensian Crusade under Simon de Montfort

★ Jin China is overrun by Mongols under Genghis Khan, who plunder the countryside and cities, until only Beijing remained free, despite two bloody palace coups and a lengthy siege.

★ Pope Innocent III issues a charter, calling for the Fifth Crusade to recapture Jerusalem.

Births

★ March 9 - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (died 1271)

★ June 10 - Fakhruddin 'Iraqi, Persian philosopher and Sufi mystic

Deaths

★ September 12 - King Peter II of Aragon (killed in battle) (born 1174)

★ September 24 - Gertrude of Merania, wife of Andrew II of Hungary (murdered) (born 1185)

★ October 10 - Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine

★ Dowsprunk, Grand Prince of Lithuania

★ Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex

★ Sharafeddin Tusi, Persian mathematician (born 1135)

★ April 18 - Marie of Montpellier, Lady of Montpellier, Queen of Aragon (born 1182)