1214

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Asia

• November 1 – Siege of Sinope: The Black Sea port city of Sinope surrenders to the Seljuq Turks.
• The Emperor Xuanzong of Jin China surrenders to the Mongols under Genghis Khan, who have besieged Beijing for a year. He pays a huge ransom and then abandons northern China, heading for Kaifeng.
• In his campaigns in Liaodong, the Mongol general Mukhali commands a newly formed Khitan–Chinese army, and a special corps of 12,000 Chinese auxiliary troops.

  Europe

• February 15 - John, King of England, lands an invasion force at La Rochelle in France.
• July 27 - Battle of Bouvines: Philip II of France defeats an army of Imperial German, English and Flemish soldiers led by Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, in the Kingdom of France, ending the Anglo-French War.
• Summer - King Alfonso VIII of Castile besieges Almohad troops in Baeza. The famine experienced in the peninsula is such that neither army is able to fight.
• September 18 - The Treaty of Chinon is signed by John, King of England, and Philip II of France, recognising the Capetian gains from the Angevin Empire.
• October 5 - Upon the death of their father, King Alfonso VIII of Castile, and of their mother, Eleanor, Berenguela becomes the regent of her young brother, King Henry I.
• December 4 - William the Lion, King of the Scots, dies, having reigned since 1165; he is succeeded by his son, Alexander II, who will reign until his death in 1249.
• The German city of Bielefeld is founded.

  By topic

Education

• June 20 - A papal ordinance defines the rights of the scholars at the University of Oxford.

  Religion

• April 13 - Simon of Apulia is elected Bishop of Exeter in England.
• According to Catholic Church tradition, the rosary is given to Saint Dominic by Mary.

  Births

• April 25 - King Louis IX of France
• Isabella of England, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of the Germans, and Queen consort of Sicily
• Approximate date - Roger Bacon, English philosopher and scientist

  Deaths

• September 14 - Albert Avogadro, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
• October 5 - King Alfonso VIII of Castile
• October 31 - Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile
• December 4 - William the Lion, King of the Scots
• October 18 - John de Gray, bishop of Norwich
• date unknown
• *Rurik Rostislavich, Prince of Novgorod
• *Steksys, Grand Prince of Lithuania