1212

Years: 1209 1210 1211 - 1212 - 1213 1214 1215

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

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

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 Muslims out of northern Spain
• In Japan, Kamo no Chōmei writes the Hōjōki, one of the great works of classical Japanese prose

Births

• March 22 - Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (died 1234)
• Yolande of Jerusalem (died 1228)
• Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk (died 1270)

Deaths

• March 26 - King Sancho I of Portugal (born 1154)
• December 12 - Geoffrey, Archbishop of York
• Vsevolod the Big Nest, Grand Prince of Vladimir (born 1154)
• Honen Shonin, Japanese founder of Pure Land Buddhism (born 1133)