1226
Year 1226 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.Events
By area
Europe
- King Louis VIII of France launches a large southward offensive against the Albigensians and the Count of Toulouse. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence, uses the opportunity to reassert his authority upon the autonomous municipalities of his estates. Most cities have to accept the authority of the Count, but Marseille and Nice rebel.
- November 8 - Louis IX of France starts to rule, on the death of Louis VIII.
- King Sancho II of Portugal launches a large offensive against the Muslims, and takes the city of Elvas.
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, calls the Imperial Diet of Cremona.
- Nuneaton is granted a chartered market status, by King Henry III of England.
- Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles, is overthrown as ruler of the Kingdom of the Isles, and replaced with his half-brother, Olaf the Black.
Asia
- March 9 - Khwarezmian sultan Jalal ad-Din captures Tbilisi, the capital of the Kingdom of Georgia, killing many of its Christian inhabitants.
- October 30 - Trần Thủ Độ, head of the Trần Dynasty of Vietnam, forces Lý Huệ Tông, last emperor of the Lý Dynasty, to commit suicide.
By topic
Arts and culture
Births
March 21 - King Charles I of Naples June 21 - King Boleslaus V of Poland Bar Hebraeus/Abul-Faraj, Syriac scholar, historian and bishop Hethum I, King of Armenia, ruler of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Gertrude of Austria, duchess and throne claimantDeaths
March 7 - William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader September 16 - Pandulf Verraccio, Roman ecclesiastical politician October 3 - Francis of Assisi, Italian saint November 8 - King Louis VIII of France November 14 - Frederick of Isenberg, German politician date unknown - Robert de Ros, English baron * Saint Beatrice d'Este, Italian saint
