1217

Year 1217 (MCCXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century 13th century 14th century
Decades:	1190s 1200s 1210s 1220s 1230s
Years:	1214 1215 1216 1217 1218 1219 1220

1217 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1217 MCCXVII
Ab urbe condita	1970
Armenian calendar	666 ԹՎ ՈԿԶ
Assyrian calendar	5967
Balinese saka calendar	1138–1139
Bengali calendar	624
Berber calendar	2167
English Regnal year	1 Hen. 3 – 2 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar	1761
Burmese calendar	579
Byzantine calendar	6725–6726
Chinese calendar	丙子年 (Fire Rat) 3913 or 3853     — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3914 or 3854
Coptic calendar	933–934
Discordian calendar	2383
Ethiopian calendar	1209–1210
Hebrew calendar	4977–4978
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1273–1274
- Shaka Samvat	1138–1139
- Kali Yuga	4317–4318
Holocene calendar	11217
Igbo calendar	217–218
Iranian calendar	595–596
Islamic calendar	613–614
Japanese calendar	Kenpō 5 (建保５年)
Javanese calendar	1125–1126
Julian calendar	1217 MCCXVII
Korean calendar	3550
Minguo calendar	695 before ROC 民前695年
Nanakshahi calendar	−251
Thai solar calendar	1759–1760
Tibetan calendar	阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 1343 or 962 or 190     — to — 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 1344 or 963 or 191

Events

By area

Asia

• Mukhali returns to Genghis Khan's camp in Mongolia, and receives the hereditary title of prince, a golden seal, and a white standard with nine tails and a black crescent in the middle. He is appointed commander in chief of operations in North China.
• The Fifth Crusade reaches the Holy Land.

Europe

• April 9 – Peter II of Courtenay is crowned emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople at Rome, by Pope Honorius III.
• May 20 – First Barons' War in England: Occupying French forces are defeated at the Battle of Lincoln, by English royal troops led by William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke,[1] and survivors are forced to flee south.
• June 6 – King Henry I of Castile dies aged 13, from the fall of a roof tile in Palencia, an event which his regent, Álvaro Núñez de Lara, attempts to conceal. Henry's sister Berengaria succeeds to the throne.
• June – Haakon Haakonsson becomes King Haakon IV of Norway, following the death of Inge II, and largely ends the civil war era in Norway, reigning until 1263.
• August 24 – First Barons' War: In the Battle of Sandwich in the English Channel, English forces destroy the French, and the French mercenary Eustace the Monk is captured and beheaded.
• August 31 – Ferdinand becomes King of Castile, upon the abdication of his mother Berengaria.
• September 12 – The First Barons' War in England is ended by the Treaty of Kingston upon Thames; The French and Scots are to leave England, and an amnesty is granted to rebels.[1]
• September 20 – The Treaty of Lambeth is signed, ratifying the Treaty of Kingston.
• September 21 – Livonian Crusade: The Livonian Brothers of the Sword and allied Livs and Letts defeat the Estonian army in the Battle of St. Matthew's Day, and kill their leader Lembitu.
• October 18 – Fifth Crusade, Reconquista: Alcácer do Sal is reconquered by the troops of King Afonso II of Portugal.[2]
• November – In the Kingdom of Castile, former regent Álvaro Núñez de Lara is captured, and forced to relinquish all his castles.[3]
• Stefan Nemanjić is elevated to be the first King of the Serbian lands by Pope Honorius III, and crowned by Stefan's brother, Archimandrite Sava, in Žiča.
• A decree made in England establishes that only Englishmen can be clergy of Ireland.

Births

• May 3 – Henry I of Cyprus
• date unknown
  • Baldwin, Latin Emperor of Constantinople (d. 1273)
  • Izz al-Din ibn Shaddad, Arab historian (d. 1285)
• probable
  • John I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1286)
  • Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury

Deaths

• April 23 – King Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)
• April 25 – Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia
• June 6 – Henry I, king of Castile (b. 1204)
• August 24 – Eustace the Monk, French mercenary and pirate (b. c.1170)
• September 10 – William de Redvers, 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 – Isabella, Countess of Gloucester, spouse of King John of England (b. c.1173)
• Maria Comnena, Queen consort of Jerusalem, spouse of Amalric I of Jerusalem (b. c.1154) (latest possible date of death)

References

1. Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 77–79. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
2. Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 110. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.
3. Linehan, Peter (1999). "Chapter 21: Castile, Portugal and Navarre". In David Abulafia (ed.). The New Cambridge Medieval History c.1198-c.1300. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 668–671. ISBN 0-521-36289-X.