1216

Events

 * , the future King Louis VIII, invades England in the
 * becomes King of England.
 * , becomes a city
 * - The, a key event in the history of the Principality of.
 * - succeeds  as the 177th.
 * officially approves the Order of Preachers (the )
 * is founded by King  of  in.

Births

 * (died )
 * , Grand master of the Sufi Order (died )
 * , Grand master of the Sufi Order (died )

Deaths

 * -, emperor of the (poisoned) (born c. )
 * - (born )
 * (born )
 * , Japanese author (born )
 * (born )
 * , Japanese author (born )

Heads of state

 * &mdash;, (reigned from  to 1216)
 * &mdash;  (reigned from  to )
 * &mdash;
 * &mdash;  (reigned from  to )