1215
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1180s 1190s 1200s – 1210s – 1220s 1230s 1240s |
| Years: | 1212 1213 1214 – 1215 – 1216 1217 1218 |
| 1215 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1215 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1215 MCCXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1968 |
| Armenian calendar | 664 ԹՎ ՈԿԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -629 – -628 |
| Bengali calendar | 622 |
| Berber calendar | 2165 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1759 |
| Burmese calendar | 577 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6723 – 6724 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲戌年十一月三十日 (3851/3911-11-30) — to —
乙亥年十二月初十日(3852/3912-12-10) |
| Coptic calendar | 931 – 932 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1207 – 1208 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4975 – 4976 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 1271 – 1272 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1137 – 1138 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4316 – 4317 |
| Holocene calendar | 11215 |
| Iranian calendar | 593 – 594 |
| Islamic calendar | 611 – 612 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3548 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1758 |
A certified copy of the Magna Carta
Events
- March 4 – King John of England makes an oath to the Pope as a crusader to gain the support of Innocent III.
- June 15 – King John of England is forced to put his seal on the Magna Carta, outlining the rights of landowning men (nobles and knights) and restricting the king's power.
- August – King John of England rejects the Magna Carta, leading to the First Barons' War.
- August 24 – Pope Innocent III declares the Magna Carta invalid.
- November – The Fourth Council of the Lateran is held.
- Beijing is captured and torched by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, initiating the Yuan Dynasty in China. Beijing burns for more than a month.
- Otto IV is deposed as King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, replaced by Frederick II (King 1212–1250).
- The Dominican Order is founded, according to some sources.
- Bhiksu Ananda of Kapitanagar completes writing the holy Buddhist book Arya Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita (sutra) in gold ink in Ranjana script.
- 1215–1216 – The Macy Jug, from Iran, is made. It is now kept at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Births
- September 23 – Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294)
- Pope Celestine V (d. 1296)
- Pope John XXI (d. 1277)
- David VII Ulu, King of Georgia (d. 1270)
Deaths
- July 5 – Eisai, Japanese Buddhist priest (b. 1141)
- Bertran de Born, French soldier and troubadour
- Eustace, Bishop of Ely and former Lord Chancellor of England
- Henry of Hainault, head of the Eastern Latin Empire