History
1216
General
Population: 405 Million*
- Religion: Death of Pope Innocent III – Pope Honorius III to 1227
St. Dominic founds religious order
- Deaths: King John of England, Pope Innocent III, Otto IV
Europe
- General: British Barons petition to France
Prince Louis of France captures tower of London
- Denmark: Danneborg, the oldest national flag in the world adopted by Denmark
- England: Death of King John - Henry III rules to 1272 (age 9) -
Hubert de Burgh and William the Marshal help rule but considered papal regency
Magna Carta reissued without force clause
Newgate Prison in London
Jewish man falls into latrine on Saturday but refuses help on Sabbath – Christians refuse to help him the next day and he dies – Gloucestershire
John loses war chest full of jewels, dies at Newark
- France: Amiens Cathedral burns
Middle East
- Byzantine Empire: Death of Otto IV
- Iran: Genghis Khan conquers Persia
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