1212
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1212 is a year in the 13th century.
| Years: 1209 1210 1211 - 1212 - 1213 1214 1215 |
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| Decades: 1180s 1190s 1200s - 1210s - 1220s 1230s 1240s |
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| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century |
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[edit] Events
- Jully 10 - The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground
- Battle of Navas de Tolosa
- Children's crusade
- Crusaders push the Muslims out of northern Spain
- In Japan, Kamo no Chōmei writes the Hōjōki, one of the great works of classical Japanese prose
[edit] Births
- March 22 - Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (died 1234)
- Yolande of Jerusalem (died 1228)
- Malatesta da Verucchio, Italian condottiero, founder of the Malatesta family (died 1312)
- Zita, patron saint of maids and domestic servants (died 1272)
[edit] Deaths
- March 26 - King Sancho I of Portugal (born 1154)
- April 12 - Vsevolod the Big Nest, Grand Prince of Vladimir (born 1154)
- October 9 - Philip I of Namur, Marquis of Namur (born 1175)
- November 4 - Felix of Valois, French saint (born 1127)
- December 12 - Geoffrey, Archbishop of York (born 1152)
- Dirk van Are, bishop and lord of Utrecht
- William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale,
- Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, 5th Lord of Annandale
- Margaret of Huntingdon, eldest daughter of David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon by his wife (born 1180)
- Maria of Montferrat, Queen of Jerusalem (born 1192)
- Peter de Preaux, Norman knight in the service of the Angevin kings of England
- Robert of Auxerre, French chronicler (born 1156)
- Honen Shonin, founder of Jodo Shu, a branch of Pure Land Buddhism (born 1133)
- Robert of Shrewsbury, Bishop of Bangor
