1222: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Events

• Foundation of the University of Padua
• Completion of the Cistercian convent in Alcobaca, Portugal
• Eric XI becomes King of Sweden
• Premysl Ottokar I reunites Bohemia and Moravia
• John III Ducas Vatatzes becomes Byzantine emperor (in the Empire of Nicaea)
• Alexander of Hales enters the Franciscan order
• April 17 - Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, opens a council at Osney

Births

• February 16 - Nichiren Daishonin, founder of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism

Deaths

• Theodore I Lascaris, founder of the Byzantine Empire of Nicaea

Monarchs/Presidents

• Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276)
• Castile - Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and Leon (reigned from 1217 to 1252)
• 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)
• Navarre - Sancho VII the Strong King of Navarre (reigned from 1194 to 1234)
• Portugal - Afonso II, the Fat, King of Portugal (reigned from 1212 to 1233)
• Venice - Pietro Ziani Doge of Venice (ruled from 1205 to 1229)