1218

'Years:' 1215 1216 1217 - 1218 - 1219 1220 1221

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

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

Contents

Events

Ongoing events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ May 24 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.

★ Damietta is besieged by the knights of the Fifth Crusade.

★ Livonian Brothers of the Sword begin to conquer Estonia.

★ Minamoto no Sanetomo becomes ''Udaijin'' of Japan.

★ Alfonso IX of Castile founds the University of Salamanca.

★ Genghis Khan's Mongols, under the leadership of his eldest son Jochi, conduct a second campaign against the Kyrgyz

★ Saint Pedro Nolasco founds the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy in Barcelona, Spain

Ongoing events

★ Fifth Crusade (1217-1221)

Births

★ February 12 - Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (died 1256)

★ May 1 - John I, Count of Hainaut (died 1257)

★ May 1 - Rudolph I of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1291)

★ October 30 - Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (died 1234)

★ Abel of Denmark (died 1252)

★ Sir Maurice de Berkeley, English knight (died 1281)

Deaths

★ February 2 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186)

★ May 19 - Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor

★ June 25 - Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French crusader (born 1160)

★ July 6 - Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (born 1166)

★ December 30 - Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (born 1162)

★ Al-Adil I, Egyptian general and ruler (born 1145)

★ Henry de Abergavenny, Prior of Abergavenny and Bishop of Llandaff

★ Hugh I of Cyprus