1217

'Years:' 1214 1215 1216 - 1217 - 1218 1219 1220

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

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

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ April 9 - Peter of Courtenay crowned emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople at Rome, by Pope Honorius III

★ May 20 - First Barons' War, royalist victory at Lincoln.

★ August 24 - First Barons' War, Battle of Sandwich between English and French soldiers in the English Channel - mercenary Eustace the Monk working for the French side, is captured and beheaded.

★ September 11 - Treaty of Lambeth ends First Barons' War.

★ September 21 - Battle of St. Matthew's Day between Germans and Estonians.

★ Kingdom of Serbia founded

★ Fifth Crusade begins with a failed Christian attack on Egypt.

★ Genghis Khan destroys Kara-Khitai.

★ England decrees that only Englishman could be clergy of Ireland.

Births

★ John I, Duke of Brittany (died 1286)

★ Baldwin, Latin Emperor of Constantinople (died 1273)

★ Henry I of Cyprus

★ Eleanor of Provence, Queen of Henry III of England (died 1291)

★ Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler of Persia (died 1265)

★ Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1270)

Deaths

★ April 23 - Inge II of Norway (born 1185)

★ April 25 - Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia

★ August 24 - Eustace the Monk, French mercenary and pirate

★ September 10 - William de Reviers, 5th Earl of Devon, English nobleman

★ September 21 - Lembitu of Lehola, Estonian resistance leader and Caupo of Turaida, Livonian leader, killed at the Battle of St. Matthew's Day.

★ October 14 - Isabel of Gloucester, wife of King John of England

★ Maria Comnena, wife of Amalric I of Jerusalem