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Peking [Beijing], then a city of over one million, under the control of Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captur

Peking [Beijing], then a city of over one million, under the control of Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured and looted for a month by the Mongols under Genghis Khan

Peking [Beijing], then a city of over one million, under the control of Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured and looted for a month by the Mongols under Genghis Khan

Key People

Genghis Khan

Founder of the Mongol Empire

Founder of the Mongol Empire

Events Before

  1. Chinese general Chih-Chung assassinates Emperor Wei Shao Wang (former Prince of Wei) in Peking and proclaims himself Reg

    Chinese general Chih-Chung assassinates Emperor Wei Shao Wang (former Prince of Wei) in Peking and proclaims himself Regent

  2. Battle of Muret: Earl of Leicester Simon de Montfort and an army of French Crusaders defeat Peter II of Aragon at Muret

    Battle of Muret: Earl of Leicester Simon de Montfort and an army of French Crusaders defeat Peter II of Aragon at Muret in France

  3. Battle of Steppes: Hugh Pierrepont, Bishop of Liège & Louis II, Count of Loon defeat Henry I, Duke of Brabant

    The Battle of Steppes was fought in modern-day Belgium on 13 October 1213 between Hugh Pierrepont, Bishop of Liège, and Henry I, Duke of Brabant.

  4. Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France

    Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France

  5. Louis IX is born

    Louis IX is born

Events After

  1. French Prince Louis begins siege of Dover Castle in Kent, England - abandoned that October. Influential in denying Louis

    French Prince Louis begins siege of Dover Castle in Kent, England - abandoned that October. Influential in denying Louis the English throne. [1]

  2. Pope Honorius III delegates decree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus"

    Pope Honorius III delegates decree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus"

  3. King John dies

    King John dies

  4. Second Battle of Lincoln fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Mars

    Second Battle of Lincoln fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

  5. First historical record of Scottish scholar Michael Scot, signs and dates his translation of al-Bitruji's "On the Sphere

    First historical record of Scottish scholar Michael Scot, signs and dates his translation of al-Bitruji's "On the Sphere" in Toledo, Spain

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