1222
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| 1222 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1222 MCCXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1975 |
| Armenian calendar | 671 ԹՎ ՈՀԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5972 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1143–1144 |
| Bengali calendar | 629 |
| Berber calendar | 2172 |
| English Regnal year | 6 Hen. 3 – 7 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1766 |
| Burmese calendar | 584 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6730–6731 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 3919 or 3712 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 3920 or 3713 |
| Coptic calendar | 938–939 |
| Discordian calendar | 2388 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1214–1215 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4982–4983 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1278–1279 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1143–1144 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4322–4323 |
| Holocene calendar | 11222 |
| Igbo calendar | 222–223 |
| Iranian calendar | 600–601 |
| Islamic calendar | 618–619 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōkyū 4 / Jōō 1 (貞応元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1130–1131 |
| Julian calendar | 1222 MCCXXII |
| Korean calendar | 3555 |
| Minguo calendar | 690 before ROC 民前690年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −246 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1764–1765 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1348 or 967 or 195 — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 1349 or 968 or 196 |
Year 1222 (MCCXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- April 17 – Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury in England, opens a council at Osney Abbey, Oxford.
- May 11 – Cyprus earthquake.
- August – After the death of John I of Sweden on March 10, 6-year-old Erik Eriksson is elected new King of Sweden sometime between this time and July 1223.
- Livonian Crusade: Failed Danish attempt to conquer Saaremaa Island from the Estonians.
- The Cistercian convent is completed in Alcobaça, Portugal.
- Ottokar I of Bohemia reunites Bohemia and Moravia.
- Traditional date of foundation of the University of Padua in Italy by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.
- The Golden Bull of 1222 is issued in Hungary, limiting the power of the monarchy over the nobility.
- Approximate date – Royal Standard of Scotland adopted
Births
- February 16 – Nichiren, Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism (d. 1282)
- August 4 – Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)
- Andrei II of Russia, Grand Prince of Vladimir (d. 1264)
Deaths
- February 1 – Alexios Megas Komnenos, first Emperor of Trebizond
- March 10 – Johan Sverkersson, king of Sweden since 1216 (b. 1201)
- June 23 – Constance of Aragon (b. 1179)
- August 2 – Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)
- August 12 – Ladislaus Jindrich of Bohemia
- Theodore I Lascaris, founder of the Byzantine Empire of Nicaea