1216

1216 (MCCXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1216th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 216th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 13th century, and the 7th year of the 1210s decade. As of the start of 1216, 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:	1213 1214 1215 – 1216 – 1217 1218 1219

1216 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1216 MCCXVI
Ab urbe condita	1969
Armenian calendar	665 ԹՎ ՈԿԵ
Assyrian calendar	5966
Balinese saka calendar	1137–1138
Bengali calendar	623
Berber calendar	2166
English Regnal year	17 Joh. 1 – 1 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar	1760
Burmese calendar	578
Byzantine calendar	6724–6725
Chinese calendar	乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 3912 or 3852     — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 3913 or 3853
Coptic calendar	932–933
Discordian calendar	2382
Ethiopian calendar	1208–1209
Hebrew calendar	4976–4977
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1272–1273
- Shaka Samvat	1137–1138
- Kali Yuga	4316–4317
Holocene calendar	11216
Igbo calendar	216–217
Iranian calendar	594–595
Islamic calendar	612–613
Japanese calendar	Kenpō 4 (建保４年)
Javanese calendar	1124–1125
Julian calendar	1216 MCCXVI
Korean calendar	3549
Minguo calendar	696 before ROC 民前696年
Nanakshahi calendar	−252
Thai solar calendar	1758–1759
Tibetan calendar	阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 1342 or 961 or 189     — to — 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 1343 or 962 or 190

Events

John of England dies.

• April 10 – Eric X of Sweden dies. He is succeeded by Johan Sverkersson.
• April – Prince Louis of France, the future King Louis VIII, invades England in the First Barons' War
• July 24 – Ascension of Pope Honorius III; in the same year, he officially recognises the Order of Preachers (the Dominican Order)
• October 19 – Henry III becomes King of England, after the death of King John of England.
• Dresden, Germany becomes a city
• Ballintubber Abbey is founded by King Cathal Crovdearg O'Connor of Connaught in Ireland.

Births

• Eric IV of Denmark (d. 1250)
• September 17 – Robert I, Count of Artois (d. 1250)

Deaths

Shota Rustaveli 1172-1216

• Shota Rustaveli, Georgian poet (b. 1172)
• April 10 – King Eric X of Sweden (b. 1180)
• June 11 – Henry of Flanders, Emperor of the Latin Empire (b. 1174)
• July 16 – Pope Innocent III (b. 1161)
• October 19 – King John of England (b. 1167)