Explore 46 historical events from 1220–1229.
Adolf of Osnabrück, O.Cist, was born in Tecklenburg about 1185, a member of the family of the Counts of Tecklenburg in the Duchy of Westphalia. During his lifetime, he became known…
Adolf of Osnabrück, German monk and bishop (born 1185)
Hōjō Yoshitoki was the second Hōjō shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate and head of the Hōjō clan. He was the second son of Hōjō Tokimasa. He was shikken from the abdication…
Hōjō Yoshitoki, regent of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan (born 1163)
Marie of France was a daughter of Philip II of France and his disputed third wife Agnes of Merania. She was a member of the House of Capet.
Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant (born 1198)
The order of Livonian Brothers of the Sword or Sword Brethren, formally known as The Militia of Christ of Livonia was a Catholic military order of German crusading knights establis…
The Livonian Brothers of the Sword, a Catholic military order, occupy Tarbatu (today Tartu) as part of the Livonian…
Al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Bunduqdari, commonly known as Baibars or Baybars (بَيْبَرْس) and nicknamed Abu al-Futuh, was the fourth Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria, r…
Baibars, sultan of Egypt (died 1277)
The Battle of the Kalka River was fought between the Mongol Empire, whose armies were led by Jebe and Subutai, and a coalition of several Rus' principalities, including Kiev and Ga…
Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus
Louis VIII, nicknamed The Lion, was King of France from 1223 to 1226. As a prince, he invaded England on 21 May 1216 and was excommunicated by a papal legate on 29 May 1216. On 2 J…
Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II.
Philip II, also known as Philip Augustus, was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks, but from 1190 onward, Philip became the firs…
Philip II, king of France (born 1165)
The Mongol Empire invaded and conquered much of the Kievan Rus' in the mid-13th century, sacking numerous cities such as Ryazan, Yaroslavl, Pereyaslavl and Vladimir, including the …
Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus': Mongol forces defeated a Kievan Rus' army at the Battle of the Kalka River in present-da
Louis VIII, nicknamed The Lion, was King of France from 1223 to 1226. As a prince, he invaded England on 21 May 1216 and was excommunicated by a papal legate on 29 May 1216. On 2 J…
Louis VIII (seal pictured) began his three-year reign as King of France.
Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of Gloucester, 2nd Lord of Glamorgan, 8th Lord of Clare was the son of Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, and Isabel Marshal. …
Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (died 1262)
Constance of Aragon was an Aragonese infanta who was by marriage firstly queen of Hungary and Croatia, and secondly queen of Germany and Sicily and Holy Roman empress. She was rege…
Constance of Aragon, Hungarian queen (born 1179)
Raymond VI was Count of Toulouse and Marquis of Provence from 1194 to 1222. He was also Count of Melgueil from 1173 to 1190. Raymond's conflicts with Pope Innocent III over his tol…
Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (born 1156)
Vladislaus Henry, a member of the Přemyslid dynasty, was elected Duke of Bohemia in 1197 and Margrave of Moravia from 1197 until his death. He only served as duke during the year 1…
Vladislaus III, duke of Bohemia
Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky was Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1252–1263).
Alexander Nevsky, Russian prince and saint (died 1263)
Salimbene di Adam was an Italian Franciscan friar, theologian, and chronicler. Salimbene was one of the most celebrated Franciscan chroniclers of the High Middle Ages. His Cronica …
Salimbene di Adam, Italian historian and scholar (died 1290)
Dominic de Guzmán, almost exclusively known as Saint Dominic, was a Castilian religious priest and the founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). He is the patron saint of ast…
Saint Dominic, Spanish priest, founded the Dominican Order (born 1170)
William IV Talvas was William III, Count of Ponthieu and William IV. He was Count of Ponthieu, ruler of a small province in northern France that fell under the suzerainty of the du…
William IV Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (born 1179)
Alix of Thouars, whose name may also be spelled Alis or Alice, was the Duchess of Brittany from 1203 until her death. She was also Countess of Richmond in the peerage of England.
Alix, Duchess of Brittany (born 1201)
Estonians or Estonian people are a Finnic ethnic group native to the Baltic Sea region in Northern Europe, primarily Estonia.
Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
Rikissa of Denmark was Queen of Sweden as the wife of King Erik Knutsson, and the mother of King Erik Eriksson.
Rikissa of Denmark, queen of Sweden
Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford of Pleshey Castle in Essex, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman who became Hereditary Constable of England from 1199.
Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (born 1176)