1214

Events

* April 13 - Simon Apulia becomes Bishop of Exeter.
* June 20 - The University of Oxford receives its charter.
* July 27 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
* The German city of Bielefeld is founded.
* The Emperor of Jin China surrenders to the Mongols under Genghis Khan, who have besieged Beijing for a year. He pays a huge ransom and then abandons Northern China, heading for Kaifeng.
* In his campaigns in Liaodong, the Mongol general Mukhali commands a newly formed Khitan-Chinese army and a special corps of 12,000 Chinese auxiliary troops.

Births

* April 25 - King Louis IX of France (d. 1270)
* Isabella of England, daughter of John of England (d. 1241)

Deaths

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