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1213
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Year 1213 (MCCXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
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Events
- May 15 – King John of England submits to Pope Innocent III, who in turn lifts the interdict of 1208 the following year.[1][2]
- May 30 – Battle of Damme: The English fleet under William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, destroys a French fleet off the Belgian port in the first major victory for the fledgling Royal Navy.[3][4]
- September 12 – Battle of Muret: The Toulousain and Aragonese forces of Raymond VI of Toulouse and Peter II of Aragon are defeated by the Albigensian Crusade, under Simon de Montfort.[5][6]
- Jin China is overrun by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, who plunder the countryside and cities, until only Beijing remains free, despite two bloody palace coups and a lengthy siege.[7][8]
- Pope Innocent III issues a charter calling for the Fifth Crusade to recapture Jerusalem.[9][10][11]
- Construction of Kilkenny Castle in Ireland is completed.[12][13]
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Births
- March 9 – Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271)[14]
- June 10 – Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi, Persian philosopher and Sufi mystic[15][16]
- Ibn al-Nafis, polymath (d. 1288)[17]
- Hethum I, King of Armenia, ruler of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (d. 1270)
Deaths
- January 18 – Queen Tamar of Georgia (b. c. 1160)[18][19]
- April 13 – Guy of Thouars, regent of Brittany[20][21][22]
- April 21 – Maria of Montpellier, Lady of Montpellier, Queen of Aragon (b. 1182)[23][24]
- September 12 – King Peter II of Aragon (killed in battle) (b. 1174)[25][26]
- September 28 – Gertrude of Merania, queen consort regent of Hungary (murdered) (b. 1185)[27][28][29]
- October 10 – Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine[30]
- October 14 – Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex[31][32]
- Sharafeddin Tusi, Persian mathematician (b. 1135)[33][34][35]
References
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