1214
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1180s 1190s 1200s – 1210s – 1220s 1230s 1240s |
| Years: | 1211 1212 1213 – 1214 – 1215 1216 1217 |
| 1214 by topic | |
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| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Art and literature | |
| 1214 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1214 MCCXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1967 |
| Armenian calendar | 663 ԹՎ ՈԿԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5964 |
| Bengali calendar | 621 |
| Berber calendar | 2164 |
| English Regnal year | 15 Joh. 1 – 16 Joh. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1758 |
| Burmese calendar | 576 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6722–6723 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 3910 or 3850 — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 3911 or 3851 |
| Coptic calendar | 930–931 |
| Discordian calendar | 2380 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1206–1207 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4974–4975 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1270–1271 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1136–1137 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4315–4316 |
| Holocene calendar | 11214 |
| Igbo calendar | 214–215 |
| Iranian calendar | 592–593 |
| Islamic calendar | 610–611 |
| Japanese calendar | Kenpō 2 (建保２年) |
| Julian calendar | 1214 MCCXIV |
| Korean calendar | 3547 |
| Minguo calendar | 698 before ROC 民前698年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1756–1757 |
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Year 1214 (MCCXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Asia
- November 1 – Siege of Sinope: The Black Sea port city of Sinope surrenders to the Seljuq Turks.
- The Emperor Xuanzong of Jin China surrenders to the Mongols under Genghis Khan, who have besieged Beijing for a year. He pays a huge ransom and then abandons northern China, heading for Kaifeng.
- In his campaigns in Liaodong, the Mongol general Mukhali commands a newly formed Khitan–Chinese army and a special corps of 12,000 Chinese auxiliary troops.
Europe
- February 15 – John, King of England, lands an invasion force at La Rochelle in France.[1]
- July 27 – Battle of Bouvines: Philip II of France defeats an army of Imperial German, English and Flemish soldiers led by Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, in the Kingdom of France, ending the Anglo-French War (1202–14).[1]
- Summer – King Alfonso VIII of Castile besieges Almohad troops in Baeza. The famine experienced in the peninsula is such that neither army is able to fight.
- September 18 – Treaty of Chinon signed by John, King of England, and Philip II of France recognising the Capetian gains from the Angevin Empire.[1]
- October 5 – Upon the death of their father, King Alfonso VIII of Castile, and of their mother, Eleanor (October 31), Bernguela becomes the regent of her young brother, King Henry I.[2]
- December 4 – Death of William the Lion, King of the Scots, having reigned since 1165; he is succeeded by his son, Alexander II (crowned at Scone on December 6) who will reign until his death in 1249.
- The German city of Bielefeld is founded.
By topic
Education
- June 20 – Papal ordinance defines the rights of the scholars at the University of Oxford.[1]
Religion
- April 13 (approx.) – Simon of Apulia elected Bishop of Exeter in England.
- According to Catholic Church tradition, the rosary is given to Saint Dominic by Mary (mother of Jesus).
Births
- April 25 – King Louis IX of France (d. 1270)
- Isabella of England, daughter of John of England (d. 1241)
- Approximate date – Roger Bacon, English philosopher and scientist (died c.1292)
Deaths
- September 14 – Albert Avogadro, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (b. 1149)
- October 5 – King Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1155)
- October 31 – Leonora of England, queen of Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1162)
- December 4 – William the Lion, King of the Scots (b. c. 1143)
- October 18 – John de Gray, bishop of Norwich
- date unknown
- Rurik Rostislavich, Prince of Novgorod
- Steksys, Grand Prince of Lithuania
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 77–79. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ Linehan, Peter (1999). "Chapter 21: Castile, Portugal and Navarre". In Abulafia, David (ed). The New Cambridge Medieval History c.1198-c.1300. Cambridge University Press. pp. 668–699. ISBN 0-521-36289-X.