1219
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| 1219 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1219 MCCXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1972 |
| Armenian calendar | 668 ԹՎ ՈԿԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5969 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1140–1141 |
| Bengali calendar | 626 |
| Berber calendar | 2169 |
| English Regnal year | 3 Hen. 3 – 4 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1763 |
| Burmese calendar | 581 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6727–6728 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3916 or 3709 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3917 or 3710 |
| Coptic calendar | 935–936 |
| Discordian calendar | 2385 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1211–1212 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4979–4980 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1275–1276 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1140–1141 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4319–4320 |
| Holocene calendar | 11219 |
| Igbo calendar | 219–220 |
| Iranian calendar | 597–598 |
| Islamic calendar | 615–616 |
| Japanese calendar | Kenpō 7 / Jōkyū 1 (承久元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1127–1128 |
| Julian calendar | 1219 MCCXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3552 |
| Minguo calendar | 693 before ROC 民前693年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −249 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1761–1762 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 1345 or 964 or 192 — to — 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1346 or 965 or 193 |
Year 1219 (MCCXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Africa
- November 5 – Damietta, Egypt falls to the Crusaders after a siege.
- Saint Francis of Assisi introduces Catholicism into Egypt, during the Fifth Crusade.
- The Egyptian city of Al Mansurah is founded.
Asia
- By letter, Genghis Khan summons Qiu Chuji (Chongchan) to visit him to advise him on the medicine of immortality (the Philosopher's Stone)
- The Hojo family, vassals of the Shogun, reduce him to a figurehead.
Europe
- June 15 – Livonian Crusade: Danish crusaders led by King Valdemar II conquer Tallinn in the Battle of Lyndanisse. What is to become the flag of Denmark allegedly falls from the sky during that battle. Their stronghold in Tallinn will help the Danes conquer the entire Northern Estonia. The Dannebrog remains the national flag of Denmark.
- Twenty-four Lithuanian dukes and nobles purportedly sign a peace treaty with Halych-Volhynia, stating common cause against invading Christian Crusaders.[1]
- Upon the death of Aymeric of Saint Maur, Alan Marcell becomes master of the Temple in England.[2]
- The East Frisian island of Burchana is broken up in a North Sea flood.
By topic
Technology
- The windmill is first introduced to China with the travels of Yelü Chucai to Transoxiana.
Births
- Christopher I of Denmark (d. 1259)
- Guillaume de Gisors, Grand Master of the fictional Priory of Sion (d. 1307)
- Ariq Boke, the youngest son of Tolui and the 5th Khagan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1266)
Deaths
- February 13 – Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192)
- May 5 – King Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150)
- May 14 – William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b. 1146)
- June 17 – David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon
- November 3 – Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester, English baron and rebel
- Raymond-Roupen of Antioch
- John de Courcy, knight and Earl of Ulster (b. 1160)
- Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor of Constantinople
- Yolanda of Flanders, wife and regent of Peter of Courtenay
- Jayavarman VII, ruler of the Khmer Empire (b. 1181)
References
- ^ Butkevičienė, Birutė; Vytautas Gricius (July 2003). "Mindaugas — Lietuvos karalius". Mokslas ir gyvenimas (in Lithuanian). 7 (547). Retrieved May 30, 2007.
- ^ Ferris, Eleanor (1902). "The Financial Relations of the Knights Templars to the English Crown". American Historical Review. 8 (1).