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 [ change | change source ]

• 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 Ch?mei writes the H?j?ki , one of the great works of classical Japanese prose

Births [ change | change source ]

• 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 [ change | change source ]

• 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