1215
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| 1215 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1215 MCCXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1968 |
| Armenian calendar | 664 ԹՎ ՈԿԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5965 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1136–1137 |
| Bengali calendar | 622 |
| Berber calendar | 2165 |
| English Regnal year | 16 Joh. 1 – 17 Joh. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1759 |
| Burmese calendar | 577 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6723–6724 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 3911 or 3851 — to — 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 3912 or 3852 |
| Coptic calendar | 931–932 |
| Discordian calendar | 2381 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1207–1208 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4975–4976 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1271–1272 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1136–1137 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4315–4316 |
| Holocene calendar | 11215 |
| Igbo calendar | 215–216 |
| Iranian calendar | 593–594 |
| Islamic calendar | 611–612 |
| Japanese calendar | Kenpō 3 (建保３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1123–1124 |
| Julian calendar | 1215 MCCXV |
| Korean calendar | 3548 |
| Minguo calendar | 697 before ROC 民前697年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −253 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1757–1758 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) 1341 or 960 or 188 — to — 阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 1342 or 961 or 189 |
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Year 1215 (MCCXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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Events[edit]
- March 4 – King John of England makes an oath to Pope Innocent III as a crusader, to gain his support.
- June 1 – Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: after the long Battle of Zhongdu, Genghis Khan's Mongols capture and torch Beijing (the city burns for more than a month).
- June 15 – King John of England is forced, by rebellious barons of England at Runnymede, to put the Great Seal of the Realm on a set of articles confirming their rights and those of the towns and Church, and confirming the status of trial by jury,[1] which on June 19 is confirmed as the Magna Carta.
- August – King John of England rejects the Magna Carta, leading to the First Barons' War.
- August 24 – Pope Innocent III declares the Magna Carta invalid.
- November 11 – The Fourth Council of the Lateran gathers in Rome under Pope Innocent III, who adopts the title "Vicar of Christ".
- December – First Barons' War: Alexander II of Scotland invades northern England.[2]
- Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated and forced to abdicate as Emperor and King of Burgundy, replaced by Frederick II (King of the Romans 1212–1250).
- The Dominican Order is founded, according to some sources.
- Bhiksu Ananda of Kapitanagar completes writing the holy Buddhist book Arya Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita (sutra), in gold ink in Ranjana script.
- 1215–1216 – The Macy Jug, from Iran, is made. It is now kept at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- Kalinga Magha, from Kalinga Province in India, lands in Sri Lanka with a force of 24,000 men, to capture the city of Polonnaruwa and depose its king, Parakrama Pandya.
Births[edit]
- September 23 – Kublai Khan, 6th Khagan of the Mongol Empire and Genghis Khan's grandson, founder of the Yuan dynasty (d. February 18, 1294, in Khanbaliq)
- Pope Celestine V (d. 1296)
- David VII Ulu, King of Georgia (d. 1270)
- approximately - Douceline of Digne, French beguin (d. 1274)
- possible - Pope John XXI (d. 1277)
Deaths[edit]
- February 3 (or February 4) – Eustace, Bishop of Ely and former Lord Chancellor of England
- July 2 – Eisai, Japanese Buddhist priest (b. 1141)
- September 1 – Otto, bishop of Utrecht
- date unknown – Bertran de Born, French soldier and troubadour
- Esclarmonde of Foix, French Cathar
- approximately - Margaret of Beverley, Christian pilgrim (b. c. 1150)
References[edit]
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 133–135. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 77–79. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
