Events

• April 13 – Simon Apulia becomes Bishop of Exeter.

• June 20 – The University of Oxford receives its charter.

• July 27 – Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.

• The German city of Bielefeld is founded.

• The Emperor of Jin China surrenders to the Mongols under Genghis Khan, who have besieged Beijing for a year. He pays a huge ransom and then abandons Northern China, heading for Kaifeng.

• In his campaigns in Liaodong, the Mongol general Mukhali commands a newly formed Khitan–Chinese army and a special corps of 12,000 Chinese auxiliary troops.

Births

• April 25 – King Louis IX of France (d. 1270)

• Isabella of England, daughter of John of England (d. 1241)

Deaths

• September 14 – Albert Avogadro, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (b. 1149)

• October 5 – King Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1155)

• October 31 – Leonora of England, queen of Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1162)

• December 4 – King William I of Scotland

• John de Gray, bishop of Norwich

• Rostislav II of Kiev (b. 1173)

• Vsevolod IV of Kiev

• Rurik Rostislavich, Prince of Novgorod

• Steksys, Grand Prince of Lithuania