What is 1222?
{{Year nav|1222}} {{Year in various calendars|1222}} {{Year article header|1222}} == Events == * Foundation of the [[University of Padua]] * Completion of the [[Cistercians|Cistercian]] convent in [[Alcobaca, Portugal]] * [[Eric XI of Sweden|Eric XI]] becomes [[List of Swedish monarchs|King of Sweden]] * [[Premysl Ottokar I]] reunites [[Bohemia]] and [[Moravia]] * [[John III Ducas Vatatzes]] becomes [[Byzantine emperor]] (in the [[Empire of Nicaea]]) * [[Alexander of Hales]] enters the [[Franciscan]] order * [[April 17]] – [[Stephen Langton]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], opens a council at [[Osney]] == 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 == * [[March 10]] – [[John I of Sweden|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 [[Category:1222| ]]