Major Events
- May 24 The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt
Born in 1218
- Feb 12 Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)
- May 1 John I, Count of Hainaut (1246-57), born in Houffalize, Luxembourg (d. 1257)
- May 1 Rudolf I, King of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1273-91), born in Limburgh Castle, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Germany (d. 1291)
- Oct 30 Emperor Chūkyō, 85th emperor of Japan (d. 1234)
Who Died in 1218
- Feb 2 Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186)
- Jun 25 Simon de Montfort the elder, 5th Earl of Leicester, French crusader dies in the siege of Toulouse
- Jul 6 Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
- Aug 31 Al-Malik ab-Adil/Saphadin/Saif al-Din), brother of Saladin, dies
- Dec 30 Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)
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