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1212

Years: 1209 1210 1211 - 1212 - 1213 1214 1215

Decades: 1180s 1190s 1200s - 1210s - 1220s 1230s 1240s

Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Monarchs/Presidents

Events

• The first Great Fire of London burns most of the city to the ground.
• Battle of Navas de Tolosa.
• Children's crusade
• Crusaders push the Moslems out of northern Spain

Births

• Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan

Deaths

• Honen Shonin, who established Pure Land Buddhism as an independent sect in Japan
• March 26 - king Sancho I of Portugal

Monarchs/Presidents

• France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)
• Mongol Empire - Genghis Khan, Mongol Khan (from 1206 to 1227)
• Venice - Pietro Ziani Doge of Venice (ruled from 1205 to 1229)

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