1213
Year 1213 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
- May 15 - King John of England submits to Pope Innocent III, who in turn lifts the interdict of 1208 the following year.
- May 30 - Battle of Damme: The English fleet under William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, destroys a French fleet off the Belgian port in the first major victory for the fledgling Royal Navy.
- September 12 - Battle of Muret: The Toulousain and Aragonese forces of Raymond VI of Toulouse and Peter II of Aragon are defeated by the Albigensian Crusade, under Simon de Montfort.
- Jin China is overrun by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, who plunder the countryside and cities, until only Beijing remains free, despite two bloody palace coups and a lengthy siege.
- Pope Innocent III issues a charter calling for the Fifth Crusade to recapture Jerusalem.
- Construction of Kilkenny Castle in Ireland is completed.
Births
- March 9 - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader
- June 10 - Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi, Persian philosopher and Sufi mystic
- Ibn al-Nafis, polymath
- Hethum I, King of Armenia, ruler of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Deaths
- January 18 - Queen Tamar of Georgia
- April 13 - Guy of Thouars, regent of Brittany
- April 21 - Maria of Montpellier, Lady of Montpellier, Queen of Aragon
- September 12 - King Peter II of Aragon
- September 28 - Gertrude of Merania, queen consort regent of Hungary
- October 10 - Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine
- October 14 - Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex
- Sharafeddin Tusi, Persian mathematician