1210s

[edit] Events and trends

• 1210 — End of the reign of Emperor Tsuchimikado, emperor of Japan.
• 1210 — Emperor Juntoku ascends to the throne of Japan.
• 1212 — Battle of Navas de Tolosa.
• 1214 — July — Battle of Bouvines; Philip II of France defeats Otto IV of Germany.
• 1215 — Fourth Council of the Lateran.
• 1215 — Otto IV deposed as King of Germany, replaced by Frederick II.
• 1215 — Magna Carta adopted.
• 1215 — Beijing captured by Mongols, initiating the Yuan Dynasty in China.
• 1216 — Dominican Order (Order of Friars Preachers), founded by St. Dominic of Caleruega (1170-1221), approved .
• 1217 — Serbian Grand župan Stefan Nemanjić received the royal crown and title from the Pope.
• 1219 — Serbian Orthodox Church gained autocephality from the Patriarchate of Constantinople, with Saint Sava as its first archbishop.