1215

This article is about the year 1215. For aviation frequency 121.5, see Aircraft emergency frequency.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century 13th century 14th century
Decades:	1190s 1200s 1210s 1220s 1230s
Years:	1212 1213 1214 1215 1216 1217 1218

1215 in various calendars

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) 3912 or 3705     — to — 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 3913 or 3706
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

A certified copy of the Magna Carta

Year 1215 (MCCXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

• March 4 – King John of England makes an oath to Pope Innocent III as a crusader, to gain his support.
• May 31 – 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, 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.
• 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

• September 23 – Kublai Khan, 6th Khagan of the Mongol Empire and Genghis Khan's grandson, founder of the Yuan dynasty (d. 1294)
• date unknown
  • 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

• 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)