1213

Battle of Muret (1213)

Year 1213 (MCCXIII) 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Pope Innocent III issues a charter calling for the Fifth Crusade to recapture Jerusalem.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

• Construction of Kilkenny Castle in Ireland is completed.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Births

• March 9 – Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• June 10 – Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi, Persian philosopher and Sufi mystic<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Ibn al-Nafis, polymath (d. 1288)<ref name="مكتب المطبوعات الإسلامية - الطبعة العاشرة, حلب">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Hethum I, King of Armenia, ruler of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (d. 1270)

Deaths

• January 18 – Queen Tamar of Georgia (b. c. 1160)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• April 13 – Guy of Thouars, regent of Brittany<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• April 21 – Maria of Montpellier, Lady of Montpellier, Queen of Aragon (b. 1182)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• September 12 – King Peter II of Aragon (killed in battle) (b. 1174)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• September 28 – Gertrude of Merania, queen consort regent of Hungary (murdered) (b. 1185)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• October 10 – Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• October 14 – Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Sharafeddin Tusi, Persian mathematician (b. 1135)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>