1217

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1217 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1217
MCCXVII
Ab urbe condita1970
Armenian calendar666
ԹՎ ՈԿԶ
Assyrian calendar5967
Balinese saka calendar1138–1139
Bengali calendar624
Berber calendar2167
English Regnal yearHen. 3 – 2 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar1761
Burmese calendar579
Byzantine calendar6725–6726
Chinese calendar丙子年 (Fire Rat)
3914 or 3707
    — to —
丁丑年 (Fire Ox)
3915 or 3708
Coptic calendar933–934
Discordian calendar2383
Ethiopian calendar1209–1210
Hebrew calendar4977–4978
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1273–1274
 - Shaka Samvat1138–1139
 - Kali Yuga4317–4318
Holocene calendar11217
Igbo calendar217–218
Iranian calendar595–596
Islamic calendar613–614
Japanese calendarKenpō 5
(建保5年)
Javanese calendar1125–1126
Julian calendar1217
MCCXVII
Korean calendar3550
Minguo calendar695 before ROC
民前695年
Nanakshahi calendar−251
Thai solar calendar1759–1760
Tibetan calendar阳火鼠年
(male Fire-Rat)
1343 or 962 or 190
    — to —
阴火牛年
(female Fire-Ox)
1344 or 963 or 191
The Battle of Sandwich (13th century)

Year 1217 (MCCXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

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Fifth Crusade

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  • Summer – Various groups of French knights reach the Italian ports. King Andrew II of Hungary arrives with his army in Split, in Dalmatia. He is joined by German forces, led by Duke Leopold VI (the Glorious). At the end of July, Pope Honorius III orders the crusaders assembled in Italy and Sicily to proceed to Cyprus, but there is no transport provided by the Italian city-states, Venice, Genoa and Pisa.
  • September: Leopold VI finds some ships in Split, that bring him and a small force to Acre. Andrew follows him about a fortnight later; in Split, he receives only two ships. The rest of Andrew's army is left behind. Meanwhile, King Hugh I of Cyprus lands at Acre, with troops to support the Crusade.[1]
  • November – The Crusader army (some 15,000 men) under Andrew II sets out from Acre, and marches up the Plain of Esdraelon. Sultan Al-Adil I, on hearing that the crusaders are assembling, sends some Muslim troops to Palestine, to halt their advance. The crusaders move towards Beisan, while Al-Adil waits at Ajloun Castle, ready to intercept any attack on Damascus. He sends his son, Al-Mu'azzam, to cover Jerusalem. On November 10, Andrew's well-mounted army defeats Al-Adil at Bethsaida, on the Jordan River. Beisan is occupied and sacked; the Muslims retreat to their fortresses and towns.[2]
  • December – King John I of Jerusalem leads an expedition into Lebanon. On December 3, he undertakes fruitless assaults on Muslim fortresses and on Mount Tabor. Meanwhile, the Crusader army under Andrew II wanders across the Jordan Valley and up the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. During the occupation, Andrew spends his time collecting alleged relics. By the end of December, supplies run out, and the crusaders retreat to Acre.[2]


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Literature

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Births

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References

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  1. ^ Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre, pp. 124–125. ISBN 978-0-241-29877-0.
  2. ^ a b Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre, p. 125. ISBN 978-0-241-29877-0.
  3. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960). The Buildings of England: Leicestershire and Rutland, p. 195. Penguin Books.
  4. ^ Ostrogorsky, George (1995). History of the Byzantine State, p. 433. Translated by Hussey, Joan. Rutgers University Press.
  5. ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 77–79. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  6. ^ Powicke, Frederick Maurice (1947). King Henry III and the Lord Edward, pp. 15–16. Oxford: Clarendon. OCLC 1044503.
  7. ^ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History, pp. 77–79. London: Century Ltd. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  8. ^ Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 110. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.
  9. ^ Linehan, Peter (1999). "Chapter 21: Castile, Portugal and Navarre". In David Abulafia (ed.). The New Cambridge Medieval History c.1198-c.1300. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 668–671. ISBN 0-521-36289-X.