1220

Historical Events[]

May - St. Francis of Assisi resigns from the leadership of the Franciscan Order.
August 8 - Battle of Lihula: The Estonians defeat the invading Swedes.
November 22 - Frederick II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Honorius III.
The Mongols first invade the Abbasid Caliphate; Bukhara and Samarkand are taken.
The Kara-Khitan Khanate is destroyed by Genghis Khan's Mongolian cavalry.
The Dominican Order is approved by Pope Honorius III.
Conrad of Masovia drives out the heathen Prussians from a Masovian territory of Chelmno Land.
Trial by ordeal is abolished in England.
The German Hohenstaufen dynasty, which had ruled Sicily since 1194, adopts Palermo as its principal seat.
Dordrecht receives city rights, making it the oldest city in the present-day Netherlands.
Ljubljana receives its town rights.
The Islamic lands of Central Asia are overrun by the armies of the Mongol invader Genghis Khan (ca. 1155-1227), who lays waste to many civilizations and creates an empire that stretches from far Cathay to the Caspian Sea. However, he fails to destroy the strength of Islam in Central Asia.
St. Benedict of Nursia is Canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
The rebuilding of the Cathedral of Chartres, which had been destroyed by a fire in 1194, is completed.
Rebuilding of the York Minster begins.
Building of the Salisbury Cathedral begins.