1220s

The 1220s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1220, and ended on December 31, 1229.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century 13th century 14th century
Decades:	1200s 1210s 1220s 1230s 1240s
Years:	1220 1221 1222 1223 1224 1225 1226 1227 1228 1229
Categories:	Births Deaths By country By topic Establishments Disestablishments

Events

1220

• April 26 – Confoederatio cum principibus ecclesiasticis: German Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, grants bishops sovereign rights.
• May – St. Francis of Assisi resigns from the leadership of the Franciscan Order.
• August 8 – Livonian Crusade - Battle of Lihula: Estonians defeat the invading Swedes.
• November 22 – Frederick II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor, by Pope Honorius III.
• The Mongols first invade the Khwarazmian Empire; Bukhara and Samarkand are taken.
• The Dominican Order is approved by Pope Honorius III.
• Conrad of Masovia drives out the heathen Prussians, from the Masovian territory of Chelmno Land.
• Trial by ordeal is abolished in England.
• The German Hohenstaufen dynasty, which had ruled Sicily since 1194, adopts Palermo as its principal seat.
• Dordrecht receives city rights, making it the oldest city in the present-day Holland area.
• Ljubljana receives its town rights.
• The Islamic lands of Central Asia are overrun by the armies of the Mongol invader Genghis Khan (ca. 1155–1227), who lays waste to many civilizations, and creates an empire that stretches from China to the Caspian Sea.
• The Thai Kingdom of Sukhothai is established.
• The University of Montpellier is granted its first statutes by Conrad of Urach.
• Saint Benedict of Nursia is canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
• Gothic architecture becomes increasingly popular in Europe:
  • The rebuilding of the Cathedral of Chartres, which had been destroyed by a fire in 1194, is completed.
  • The rebuilding of Amiens Cathedral begins.[1]
  • Early part of Toulouse Cathedral completed.
  • The rebuilding of York Minster begins.
  • The building of the Salisbury Cathedral begins.[1]
• The rebuilding of the city of London begins, after one of major fires.

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Significant people

• Abu Muhammad al-Wahid, Almohad Caliph of Morocco
• Abu Zakariya, first Sultan of the Hafsid Dynasty of Ifriqiya
• Adolf IV, Count of Schauenburg and Holstein
• Alfonso IX, King of León and Galicia
• Andrew II, King of Hungary and Croatia
• Baldwin II, Latin Emperor of Constantinople
• Konrad I, Duke of Masovia and Kujawy and High Duke of Poland
• Conrad IV, King of Jerusalem
• Chiconquiauhtzin, Tlatoani of Azcapotzalco
• Chūkyō, Emperor of Japan
• Dōgen, founder of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism in Japan
• Erik XI, King of Sweden
• Ferdinand III, King of Castile and Toledo
• Saint Francis of Assisi, Roman Catholic saint
• Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Genghis Khan, first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire
• Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan
• Emperor Go-Toba of Japan
• Pope Gregory IX
• Henry III, King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine
• Pope Honorius III
• Iltutmish, first Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate
• Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu, final Sultan of the Khwarezmian Empire
• James I, King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona
• Jochi, Mongol army commander and eldest son of Genghis Khan
• John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem and Latin Emperor of Constantinople
• John I, King of Sweden
• John III Doukas Vatatzes, Emperor of Nicaea
• Emperor Juntoku of Japan
• Al-Kamil, Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt
• Knut II, King of Sweden
• Leszek I the White, Duke of Sandomierz and High Duke of Poland
• Louis VIII, King of France
• Louis IX, King of France
• Lý Chiêu Hoàng, Empress of Vietnam
• Lý Huệ Tông, Emperor of Vietnam
• Manqu Qhapaq, first Emperor of the Inca Empire
• Ögedei Khan, second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, third son of Genghis Khan
• Olaf the Black, King of the Isles
• Ottokar I, King of Bohemia
• Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence and Count of Forcalquier
• Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles
• Rujing, Caodong Buddhist monk and Zen master
• Sancho II, King of Portugal
• Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Subutai, Mongol commander and primary military strategist of the Mongol Empire
• Sukaphaa, first King of Ahom
• Theodore Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus and Emperor of Thessalonika
• Tolui, Mongol commander and regent of the Mongol Empire, fourth son of Genghis Khan
• Trần Thái Tông, Emperor of Vietnam
• Trần Thủ Độ, military commander and regent of the Empire of Vietnam
• Valdemar II, King of Denmark
• Yuri II, Grand Prince of Vladimir
• Yaroslav, Prince of Novgorod
• Yusuf II al-Mustansir, Almohad Caliph of Morocco

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References

1. Sutton, Ian (1999). Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-20316-3.