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'Years:' 1216 1217 1218 - 1219 - 1220 1221 1222

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

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

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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ June 15 – Danish crusaders led by king Waldemar II conquer Tallinn in the Battle of Lyndanisse;The Flag of Denmark allegedly fell from the sky during that battle.

★ Fifth Crusade (1217–1221)

★ Saint Francis of Assisi introduces Catholicism into Egypt, during the Fifth Crusade

★ The Egyptian city of Al Mansurah is founded.

★ 21 Lithuanian dukes sign a peace treaty with Halych-Volhynia

★ The windmill is first introduced to China with the travels of Yelü Chucai to Turkestan.

Births

★ Christopher I of Denmark (died 1259)

★ Guillaume de Gisors, grand master of the fictional Priory of Sion (died 1307)

Deaths

★ February 13 – Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (born 1192)

★ May 5 – King Leo II of Armenia (born 1150)

★ May 14 – William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (born 1146)

★ June 17 – David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon

★ November 3 – Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester, English baron and rebel

★ Raymond-Roupen of Antioch

★ John de Courcy, knight and Earl of Ulster (born 1160)

★ Peter of Courtenay, Latin Emperor of Constantinople

★ Yolanda of Flanders, wife and regent of Peter of Courtenay

★ Jayavarman VII, ruler of the Khmer Empire (born 1181)