1221
| Years: 1219 1219 1220 - 1221 - 1222 1223 1224 | |
| Decades: 1190s 1200s 1210s - 1220s - 1230s 1240s 1250s | |
| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century | |
| 1221 by topic |
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| Birth and death categories |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Art and literature |
| 1221 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1221 MCCXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1974 |
| Armenian calendar | 670 ԹՎ ՈՀ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5971 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1142–1143 |
| Bengali calendar | 627–628 |
| Berber calendar | 2171 |
| English Regnal year | 5 Hen. 3 – 6 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1765 |
| Burmese calendar | 583 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6729–6730 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3918 or 3711 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 3919 or 3712 |
| Coptic calendar | 937–938 |
| Discordian calendar | 2387 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1213–1214 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4981–4982 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1277–1278 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1142–1143 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4321–4322 |
| Holocene calendar | 11221 |
| Igbo calendar | 221–222 |
| Iranian calendar | 599–600 |
| Islamic calendar | 617–618 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōkyū 3 (承久３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1129–1130 |
| Julian calendar | 1221 MCCXXI |
| Korean calendar | 3554 |
| Minguo calendar | 691 before ROC 民前691年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −247 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1763–1764 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1347 or 966 or 194 — to — 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1348 or 967 or 195 |
Events
- May 13 - End of the reign of Emperor Juntoku, emperor of Japan
- Emperor Chūkyō briefly reigns over Japan
- Former Emperor Go-Toba leads an unsuccessful rebellion against the Kamakura Shogunate
- Emperor Go-Horikawa ascends to the throne of Japan
- January - Mongol Army under Jochi captures the city of Gurganj (now Kunya-Urgench), and massacres the inhabitants, reported by contemporary scholars as being over a million killed, although probably only a fifth or a tenth of that in reality.
- February - Merv sacked by the Mongols under Tolui at the orders of Ghengis Khan. Contemporary scholars report over a million people were systematically killed in the aftermath.
- Revolt against rulers of Chichen Itza by Maya of the Yucatán
- Nizhny Novgorod City (Russia) was founded.
- A large and highly efficient Mongol army, despatched under Subedei by Ghengis Khan to Georgia defeats two Georgian armies around Tbilisi, but lacks the will or equipment to besiege the city.
Births
- October 9 - Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler
- November 23 - King Alfonso X of Castile (died 1284)
- Bonaventure, Italian theologian and saint (died 1274)
- Boleslaus the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland (died 1279)
Deaths
- August 6 - Saint Dominic, Spanish founder of the Dominicans (born 1170)
- October 4 - William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (born 1179)
- October 21 - Alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (born 1201)
- Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk