1220

Events

 * in
 * in between  and.
 * first invade caliphate -  and  taken
 * End of the, destroyed by 's cavalry
 * approved by
 * crowned by
 * drives out the heathen ns from a Masovian territory of
 * abolished in
 * The German dynasty which had ruled  since, adopts  as its principal seat
 * receives, making it the oldest city in the present-day
 * receives its town rights
 * The lands of  are overrun by the armies of the  invader  (ca. -), who laid waste to many civilizations and created an empire that stretched from  to the .  However, he failed to destroy the strength of Islam in Central Asia.
 * The lands of  are overrun by the armies of the  invader  (ca. -), who laid waste to many civilizations and created an empire that stretched from  to the .  However, he failed to destroy the strength of Islam in Central Asia.

Architecture

 * in Europe
 * Rebuilding of the, which had been destroyed by a fire in , is completed
 * Rebuilding of the begins
 * Building of the begins

Births

 * - of Japan (died )
 * -, son of (died )
 * , Scottish minstrel (died )
 * , Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir
 * (died )
 * , Grand Duke of Vladimir
 * (died )

Deaths

 * -, Archbishop of Cologne
 * , Byzantine writer and ecclesiastic
 * , Persian mystical poet
 * , Danish historian (born )
 * (born )
 * Queen spouse of King  (born )
 * Queen spouse of King  (born )
 * Queen spouse of King  (born )