Explore 35 historical events from 1220–1229.
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)
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)
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)