Events

• Saint Francis of Assisi introduces Catholicism into Egypt, during the Fifth Crusade

Ongoing events

• Fifth Crusade (1217-1221)

Births

• Frederick II of Austria (d. 1246)

Deaths

• Jayavarman VII, ruler of the Khmer Empire
• Leo II of Armenia
• Minamoto no Sanetomo, third shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan

Monarchs/Presidents

• France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)
• Holy See - Honorius III pope (from 1216 to 1227)
• Mongol Empire - Genghis Khan, Mongol Khan (from 1206 to 1227)
• Venice - Pietro Ziani Doge of Venice (ruled from 1205 to 1229)