1218
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| Years: 1215 1216 1217 - 1218 - 1219 1220 1221 | |
| Decades: 1180s 1190s 1200s - 1210s - 1220s 1230s 1240s | |
| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century | |
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Events
- Damietta is besieged by the knights of the Fifth Crusade.
- Livonian Brothers of the Sword begin to conquer Estonia.
- Minamoto no Sanetomo becomes Udaijin of Japan.
- Alfonso IX of Castile founds a university in Salamanca.
Ongoing events
Births
- February 12 - Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (died 1256)
- May 1 - John I, Count of Hainaut (died 1257)
- May 1 - Rudolph I of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1291)
- October 30 - Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (died 1234)
- Abel of Denmark (died 1252)
Deaths
- February 2 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186)
- June 25 - Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French crusader (born 1160)
- July 6 - Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (born 1166)
- December 30 - Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (born 1162)
- Al-Adil I, Egyptian general and ruler (born 1145)
- Hugh I of Cyprus
- Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
