Events
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May 24 - The
Fifth Crusade leaves
Acre for
Egypt.
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Damietta is besieged by the
knights of the
Fifth Crusade.
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Livonian Brothers of the Sword begin to conquer
Estonia.
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Minamoto no Sanetomo becomes ''
Udaijin'' of
Japan.
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Alfonso IX of Castile founds the
University of Salamanca.
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Genghis Khan's
Mongols, under the leadership of his eldest son
Jochi, conduct a second campaign against the
Kyrgyz
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Saint Pedro Nolasco founds the
Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy in
Barcelona, Spain
Ongoing events
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Fifth Crusade (
1217-
1221)
Births
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February 12 -
Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (died
1256)
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May 1 -
John I, Count of Hainaut (died
1257)
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May 1 -
Rudolph I of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (died
1291)
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October 30 -
Emperor ChūkyŠof Japan (died
1234)
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Abel of Denmark (died
1252)
★ Sir
Maurice de Berkeley, English knight (died
1281)
Deaths
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February 2 -
Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (b.
1186)
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May 19 -
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
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June 25 -
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French crusader (born
1160)
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July 6 -
Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (born
1166)
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December 30 -
Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (born
1162)
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Al-Adil I, Egyptian general and ruler (born
1145)
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Henry de Abergavenny, Prior of Abergavenny and Bishop of Llandaff
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Hugh I of Cyprus