1224

Years: 1221 1222 1223 – 1224 – 1225 1226 1227
Decades: 1190s 1200s 1210s – 1220s – 1230s 1240s 1250s
Centuries: 12th century – 13th century – 14th century

1224 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Art and literature
1224 in poetry

Events

The University of Naples is founded.
The Livonian Brothers of the Sword conquer the Latgallians and the stronghold of Tartu from Ugaunian and Russian troops.
The last of the Arabs are expelled from Sicily.
The Chichimecas capture Tula, Hidalgo.
September 14 (approximately) — St. Francis of Assisi, while praying on the mountain of Verna, during a 40-day fast, is said to have had a vision, as a result of which he received the stigmata. Brother Leo, who had been with Francis at the time, left a clear and simple account of the event, the first definite account of the phenomenon of stigmata.^[1]

Aragon – James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276)
Castile – Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and Leon (reigned from 1217 to 1252)
Holy See – Honorius III pope (from 1216 to 1227)
Mongol Empire – Genghis Khan, Mongol Khan (from 1206 to 1227)
Navarre – Sancho VII the Strong King of Navarre (reigned from 1194 to 1234)
Portugal – Afonso II, the Fat, King of Portugal (reigned from 1212 to 1233)
Venice – Pietro Ziani Doge of Venice (ruled from 1205 to 1229)

↑ Robinson, Paschal (09/01/1909). "St. Francis of Assisi". The Catholic Encyclopedia. VI. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06221a.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-21.