1212

1212 (MCCXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1212th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 212th year of the 2nd millennium, the 12th year of the 13th century, and the 3rd year of the 1210s decade. As of the start of 1212, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• July 10 – The most severe of several early fires 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)
• May 6– Constantia of Austria, Margravine of Meissen (died 1243)
• Yolande of Jerusalem (died 1228)
• Malatesta da Verucchio, Italian condottiero, founder of the Malatesta family (died 1312)
• Zita, patron saint of maids and domestic servants (died 1272)

Deaths

• March 26 – King Sancho I of Portugal (born 1154)
• April 12 – Vsevolod the Big Nest, Grand Prince of Vladimir (born 1154)
• October 9 – Philip I of Namur, Marquis of Namur (born 1175)
• November 4 – Felix of Valois, French saint (born 1127)
• December 12 – Geoffrey, Archbishop of York (born 1152)
• Dirk van Are, bishop and lord of Utrecht
• William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale,
• Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, 5th Lord of Annandale
• Margaret of Huntingdon, eldest daughter of David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon by his wife (born 1180)
• Maria of Montferrat, Queen of Jerusalem (born 1192)
• Peter de Preaux, Norman knight in the service of the Angevin kings of England
• Robert of Auxerre, French chronicler (born 1156)
• Honen Shonin, founder of Jodo Shu, a branch of Pure Land Buddhism (born 1133)
• Robert of Shrewsbury, Bishop of Bangor