1217
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| Years: 1214 1215 1216 - 1217 - 1218 1219 1220 | |
| Decades: 1180s 1190s 1200s - 1210s - 1220s 1230s 1240s | |
| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century | |
Events
- April 9 - Peter of Courtenay crowned emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople at Rome, by Pope Honorius III
- May 20 - First Barons' War, royalist victory at Lincoln.
- August 24 - First Barons' War, Battle of Sandwich between English and French soldiers in the English Channel - mercenary Eustace the Monk working for the French side, is captured and beheaded
- September 11 - Treaty of Lambeth ends First Barons' War.
- Kingdom of Serbia founded
- Fifth Crusade begins with a failed Christian attack to Egypt
- Genghis Khan destroys Kara-Khitai
- Lembitu of Lehola attempts to unify all of Estonia by assembling an army of 6000 Estonian men from different provincial counties.
Births
- John I, Duke of Brittany (died 1286)
- Baldwin, Latin Emperor of Constantinople (died 1273)
- Henry I of Cyprus
- Eleanor of Provence, Queen of Henry III of England (died 1291)
- Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler of Persia (died 1265)
- Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1270)
Deaths
- August 24 - Eustace the Monk, French mercenary and pirate
- Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia
- Inge II of Norway (born 1185)
- Lembitu of Lehola, Estonian resistance leader
