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{{Year nav|1216}} {{Year in various calendars|1216}} {{Year article header|1216}} == Events == [[File:John of England (John Lackland).jpg|thumb|120px|right|[[John of England]] dies.]] * [[April 10]] – [[Eric X of Sweden]] dies. He is succeeded by [[Johan Sverkersson]]. * [[April]] – [[Louis VIII of France|Prince Louis of France]], the future King Louis VIII, invades England in the [[First Barons' War]] * [[July 24]] – Ascension of [[Pope Honorius III]]; in the same year, he officially recognises the Order of Preachers (the [[Dominican Order]]) * [[October 19]] – [[Henry III of England|Henry III]] becomes King of England, after the death of King [[John of England]]. * [[Dresden]], [[Germany]] becomes a city * [[Ballintubber Abbey]] is founded by King [[Cathal Crovdearg O'Connor]] of [[Connaught]] in [[Ireland]]. == Births == * [[Eric IV of Denmark]] (d. [[1250]]) * [[September 17]] – [[Robert I, Count of Artois]] (d. [[1250]]) == Deaths == [[File:Shota Rustaveli.jpg|thumb|120px|right|[[Shota Rustaveli]] 1172-1216]] * [[Shota Rustaveli]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] [[poet]] (b. [[1172]]) * [[April 10]] – King [[Eric X of Sweden]] (b. [[1180]]) * [[June 11]] – [[Henry of Flanders]], Emperor of the Latin Empire (b. [[1174]]) * [[July 16]] – [[Pope Innocent III]] (b. [[1161]]) * [[October 19]] – King [[John of England]] (b. [[1167]]) [[Category:1216| ]]