1214

1214 (MCCXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1214th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 214th year of the 2nd millennium, the 14th year of the 13th century, and the 5th year of the 1210s decade. As of the start of 1214, 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:	1211 1212 1213 – 1214 – 1215 1216 1217

1214 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1214 MCCXIV
Ab urbe condita	1967
Armenian calendar	663 ԹՎ ՈԿԳ
Assyrian calendar	5964
Balinese saka calendar	1135–1136
Bengali calendar	621
Berber calendar	2164
English Regnal year	15 Joh. 1 – 16 Joh. 1
Buddhist calendar	1758
Burmese calendar	576
Byzantine calendar	6722–6723
Chinese calendar	癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 3910 or 3850     — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 3911 or 3851
Coptic calendar	930–931
Discordian calendar	2380
Ethiopian calendar	1206–1207
Hebrew calendar	4974–4975
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1270–1271
- Shaka Samvat	1135–1136
- Kali Yuga	4314–4315
Holocene calendar	11214
Igbo calendar	214–215
Iranian calendar	592–593
Islamic calendar	610–611
Japanese calendar	Kenpō 2 (建保２年)
Javanese calendar	1122–1123
Julian calendar	1214 MCCXIV
Korean calendar	3547
Minguo calendar	698 before ROC 民前698年
Nanakshahi calendar	−254
Thai solar calendar	1756–1757
Tibetan calendar	阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 1340 or 959 or 187     — to — 阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) 1341 or 960 or 188

Events

• Simon Apulia becomes Bishop of Exeter.
• June 20 – University of Oxford receives its charter.
• July 27 – Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
• Foundation of the German city of Bielefeld.
• The Emperor of Jin China surrenders to the Mongols under Genghis Khan who have been besieging Beijing for a year. He pays a huge ransom and then abandons Northern China, heading for Kaifeng.

Births

• April 25 – King Louis IX of France (died 1270)
• Isabella of England, daughter of John of England (died 1241)

Deaths

• September 14 – Albert Avogadro, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (born 1149)
• October 5 – King Alfonso VIII of Castile (born 1155)
• October 31 – Leonora of England, queen of Alfonso VIII of Castile (born 1162)
• December 4 – King William I of Scotland
• John de Gray, bishop of Norwich
• Rostislav II of Kiev (born 1173)
• Vsevolod IV of Kiev
• Rurik Rostislavich, Prince of Novgorod
• Steksys, Grand Prince of Lithuania