1213

Events 
 May 30 – Battle of Damme; English fleet under William Longsword destroyes a French fleet off the Belgian port in the first major victory for the fledgling Royal Navy.
 September 12 – Battle of Muret; The Toulousain and Aragonese forces of Raymond VI of Toulouse and Peter II of Aragon defeated by the Albigensian Crusade under Simon de Montfort
 Jin China is overrun by Mongols under Genghis Khan, who plunder the countryside and cities, until only Beijing remained free, despite two bloody palace coups and a lengthy siege.
 Pope Innocent III issues a charter, calling for the Fifth Crusade to recapture Jerusalem.

 Births 
 March 9 – Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (died 1271)
 June 10 – Fakhruddin 'Iraqi, Persian philosopher and Sufi mystic

 Deaths 
 September 12 – King Peter II of Aragon (killed in battle) (born 1174)
 September 24 – Gertrude of Merania, wife of Andrew II of Hungary (murdered) (born 1185)
 October 10 – Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine
 Dowsprunk, Grand Prince of Lithuania
 Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex
 Sharafeddin Tusi, Persian mathematician (born 1135)

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