Events

• Prince Louis of France, the future King Louis VIII, invades England in the First Barons' War
• Henry III becomes King of England.
• Dresden, Germany becomes a city
• Ascension of Pope Honorius III;in the same year he officially approved the Order of Preachers (the Dominican Order)
• Ballintubber Abbey is founded by King Cathal Crovdearg O'Connor of Connaught in Ireland.

Births

• Robert I of Artois
• Eric IV of Denmark (died 1250)
• Zahed Gilani, Grand master of the Zahediyeh Sufi Order (died 1301)

Deaths

• June 11 - Henry of Flanders, emperor of the Latin Empire (poisoned) (born c. 1174)
• June 16 - Pope Innocent III
• October 18 - John of England (born 1166)
• Ida, Countess of Boulogne
• Eric X of Sweden (born 1180)
• Kamo no Chomei, Japanese author (born 1155)

Heads of state

• England — John, King of England (reigned from 1199 to 1216)
• France — Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)
• Mongolia — Genghis Khan
• Scotland — Alexander II King of Scotland (reigned from 1214 to 1249)

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