1210

Events 
 End of the reign of Emperor Tsuchimikado, emperor of Japan
 Emperor Juntoku ascends to the throne of Japan.
 Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor excommunicated by Pope Innocent III for invading southern Italy in 1210
 Gottfried von Strassburg writes his epic poem Tristan about 1210
 Beginning of Delhi Sultanate
 Jochi, eldest son of Genghis Khan, leads a Mongol campaign against the Kyrgyz

 Births 
 May 5 – King Afonso III of Portugal (died 1279)
 June 24 – Count Floris IV of Holland (died 1234)
 July 22 – Joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (died 1238)
 Ibn Nafis, Persian anatomist (died 1288)

 Deaths 
 Lu You, Chinese poet (born 1125)
 Jinul, Korean Buddhist philosopher
 July 17, King Sverker II of Sweden (born in the 1160s), in the Battle of Gestilren