1217 Totally Explained

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Years: 1214 1215 1216 - 1217 - 1218 1219 1220
Decades: 1180s 1190s 1200s - 1210s - 1220s 1230s 1240s
Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Events

April 9 - Peter of Courtenay is crowned emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople at Rome, by Pope Honorius III.
May 20 - First Barons' War: The royalists prevail at Lincoln.
August 24 - First Barons' War: In the 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 - The Treaty of Lambeth ends the First Barons' War.
September 21 - Battle of St. Matthew's Day: The Germans defeat the Estonians.
The Kingdom of Serbia is founded.
The Fifth Crusade begins with a failed Christian attack on Egypt.
Genghis Khan destroys Kara-Khitai.
England decrees that only Englishman can be clergy of Ireland.
Mukhali is back in Genghis Khan's camp in Mongolia and receives the hereditary title of prince, a golden seal, and a white standard with 9 tails and a black crescent in the middle. He is appointed commander in chief of operations in North China.

Births

John I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1286)

Baldwin, Latin Emperor of Constantinople (d. 1273)

Henry I of Cyprus

Eleanor of Provence, Queen of Henry III of England (d. 1291)

Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler of Persia (d. 1265)

Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1270)

Deaths

April 23 - Inge II of Norway (b. 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 (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

Lovers Of Teruel - Juan Martinez (aka Diego Marcilla) & Isabel Segura Further Information

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