What is 1213?
{{Year nav|1213}} {{Year in various calendars|1213}} {{Year article header|1213}} == Events == * [[May 30]] – [[Battle of Damme]]; English fleet under [[William Longsword]] destroyes a French fleet off the Belgian port in the first major victory for the fledgling Royal Navy. * [[September 12]] – [[Battle of Muret]]; The Toulousain and Aragonese forces of [[Raymond VI of Toulouse]] and [[Peter II of Aragon]] defeated by the [[Albigensian Crusade]] under [[Simon de Montfort]] * [[Jin Dynasty, 1115–1234|Jin]] [[China]] is overrun by [[Mongols]] under [[Genghis Khan]], who plunder the countryside and cities, until only [[Beijing]] remained free, despite two bloody palace coups and a lengthy siege. * Pope Innocent III issues a charter, calling for the Fifth Crusade to recapture Jerusalem. == Births == * [[March 9]] – [[Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy]], French crusader (died [[1271]]) * [[June 10]] – [[Fakhruddin 'Iraqi]], Persian philosopher and Sufi mystic == Deaths == * [[September 12]] – King [[Peter II of Aragon]] (killed in battle) (born [[1174]]) * [[September 24]] – [[Gertrude of Merania]], wife of [[Andrew II of Hungary]] (murdered) (born [[1185]]) * [[October 10]] – [[Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine]] * [[Dowsprunk]], Grand Prince of Lithuania * [[Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex]] * [[Sharafeddin Tusi]], Persian mathematician (born [[1135]]) [[Category:1213]]