1223

'Years:' 1220 1221 1222 - 1223 - 1224 1225 1226

'Decades:' 1190s 1200s 1210s - '1220s' - 1230s 1240s 1250s

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

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ March 25 - Sancho II is crowned King of Portugal

★ May 31 - Battle of the Kalka River between the Mongol armies of Genghis Khan and East Slavic warriors.

★ August 6 - Louis VIII is crowned King of France.

★ Franciscan Rule is approved by Pope Honorius III.

★ For a short time all Germans are forced out of Estonia.

Births

★ John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel (died 1267)

★ Baibars, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria (died 1277)

★ Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (died 1265)

Deaths

★ March 8 - Wincenty Kadłubek, Polish bishop and historian (born 1161).

★ March 25 - King Afonso II of Portugal (born 1185).

★ July 14 - King Philip II of France (born 1165).

★ Mstislav III of Kiev.

★ Giorgi IV Lasha, King of Georgia (born 1192).

★ Unkei, Japanese sculptor (born 1151).

★ Giraldus Cambrensis Cambro-Norman clergyman and chronicler (born 1146).