1217
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 12th century · 13th century · 14th century |
| Decades: | 1180s · 1190s · 1200s · 1210s · 1220s · 1230s · 1240s |
| Years: | 1214 · 1215 · 1216 · 1217 · 1218 · 1219 · 1220 |
| 1217 by topic | |
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| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
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| Art and literature | |
| 1217 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1217 MCCXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1970 |
| Armenian calendar | 666 ԹՎ ՈԿԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5967 |
| Bengali calendar | 624 |
| Berber calendar | 2167 |
| English Regnal year | 1 Hen. 3 – 2 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1761 |
| Burmese calendar | 579 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6725–6726 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 3913 or 3853 — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3914 or 3854 |
| Coptic calendar | 933–934 |
| Discordian calendar | 2383 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1209–1210 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4977–4978 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1273–1274 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1138–1139 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4317–4318 |
| Holocene calendar | 11217 |
| Igbo calendar | 217–218 |
| Iranian calendar | 595–596 |
| Islamic calendar | 613–614 |
| Japanese calendar | Kenpō 5 (建保５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1125–1126 |
| Julian calendar | 1217 MCCXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3550 |
| Minguo calendar | 695 before ROC 民前695年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −251 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1759–1760 |
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Year 1217 (MCCXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Asia
- Mukhali is back in Genghis Khan's camp in Mongolia and receives the hereditary title of prince, a golden seal, and a white standard with 9 tails and a black crescent in the middle. He is appointed commander in chief of operations in North China.
- The Fifth Crusade reaches the Holy Land
Europe
- April 9 – Peter II of Courtenay is crowned emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople at Rome, by Pope Honorius III.
- May 20 – First Barons' War in England: Occupying French forces are defeated at the Battle of Lincoln by English royal troops led by William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke[1] and survivors forced to flee south.
- June 6 – King Henry I of Castile dies aged thirteen from the fall of a roof tile in Palencia, an event which his regent, Álvaro Núñez de Lara, attempts to conceal. Henry's sister Berengaria succeeds to the throne.
- June – Haakon Haakonsson becomes King Haakon IV of Norway following the death of Inge II and largely ends the civil war era in Norway, reigning until 1263.
- August 24 – First Barons' War: In the Battle of Sandwich in the English Channel, English forces destroy the French and the French mercenary Eustace the Monk is captured and beheaded.
- August 31 – Ferdinand becomes King of Castile on abdication of his mother Berengaria.
- September 12 – First Barons' War in England ended by the Treaty of Kingston upon Thames: French and Scots are to leave England, and an amnesty is granted to rebels.[1]
- September 20 – Treaty of Lambeth signed ratifying the Treaty of Kingston.
- September 21 – Livonian Crusade: The Livonian Brothers of the Sword and allied Livs and Letts defeat the Estonian army in the Battle of St. Matthew's Day and kill their leader Lembitu.
- November – In the Kingdom of Castile, former regent Álvaro Núñez de Lara is captured and forced to relinquish all his castles.[2]
- Stefan Nemanjić is elevated to be first King of the Serbian lands by Pope Honorius III and crowned by Stefan's brother, Archimandrite Sava, in Žiča.
- Alcácer do Sal is reconquered by the troops of King Afonso II of Portugal.[3]
- A decree made in England establishes that only Englishman can be clergy of Ireland.
Births
- John I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1286)
- Baldwin, Latin Emperor of Constantinople (d. 1273)
- Henry I of Cyprus
- Eleanor of Provence, Queen of Henry III of England (d. 1291)
- Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler of Persia (d. 1265)
- Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1270)
- Izz al-Din ibn Shaddad, Arab historian (d. 1285)
Deaths
- April 23 – King Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)
- April 25 – Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia
- June 6 – King Henry I of Castile (b. 1204)
- August 24 – Eustace the Monk, French mercenary and pirate (b. c.1170)
- September 10 – William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon, English nobleman
- September 21 – Lembitu of Lehola, Estonian resistance leader and Caupo of Turaida, Livonian leader (at the Battle of St. Matthew's Day)
- October 14 – Isabel of Gloucester, wife of King John of England (b. c.1173)
- Maria Comnena, wife of Amalric I of Jerusalem (b. c.1154) (latest possible date of death)
- Lovers of Teruel: Juan Martinez (aka Diego Marcilla) and Isabel Segura (alleged date)
References
- 1 2 Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 77–79. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ Linehan, Peter (1999). "Chapter 21: Castile, Portugal and Navarre". In David Abulafia. The New Cambridge Medieval History c.1198-c.1300. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 668–671. ISBN 0-521-36289-X.
- ↑ Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 110. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.
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