1213

1213 (MCCXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1213th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 213th year of the 2nd millennium, the 13th year of the 13th century, and the 4th year of the 1210s decade. As of the start of 1213, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century – 13th century – 14th century
Decades:	1180s  1190s  1200s  – 1210s –  1220s  1230s  1240s
Years:	1210 1211 1212 – 1213 – 1214 1215 1216

1213 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1213 MCCXIII
Ab urbe condita	1966
Armenian calendar	662 ԹՎ ՈԿԲ
Assyrian calendar	5963
Balinese saka calendar	1134–1135
Bengali calendar	620
Berber calendar	2163
English Regnal year	14 Joh. 1 – 15 Joh. 1
Buddhist calendar	1757
Burmese calendar	575
Byzantine calendar	6721–6722
Chinese calendar	壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3909 or 3849     — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 3910 or 3850
Coptic calendar	929–930
Discordian calendar	2379
Ethiopian calendar	1205–1206
Hebrew calendar	4973–4974
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1269–1270
- Shaka Samvat	1134–1135
- Kali Yuga	4313–4314
Holocene calendar	11213
Igbo calendar	213–214
Iranian calendar	591–592
Islamic calendar	609–610
Japanese calendar	Kenryaku 3 / Kenpō 1 (建保元年)
Javanese calendar	1121–1122
Julian calendar	1213 MCCXIII
Korean calendar	3546
Minguo calendar	699 before ROC 民前699年
Nanakshahi calendar	−255
Thai solar calendar	1755–1756
Tibetan calendar	阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 1339 or 958 or 186     — to — 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 1340 or 959 or 187

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)