Major Events
- Jan 16 Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, thousands killed
- Feb 18 Jerusalem re-taken by the Christian Crusader kingdom in a peace treaty between Holy Roman Emperor Frederik II and Egyptian ruler Al-Kamil
- Jun 15 According to legend, Dannebrog, the flag of Denmark and the oldest national flag in the world falls from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse (now Tallinn) in Estonia and turns the Danes' luck
- Jun 15 Battle of Lyndanisse won by King Valdemar II and his Danish forces during their invasion of Estonia
Who Died in 1219
- Feb 13 Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese 3rd shÅgun of the Kamakura shogunate
- May 5 King Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150)
- May 14 William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke 'the best knight in all the world', Anglo-French soldier and advisor to English Kings (regent to Henry III), dies at 72 [1]
Genghis Khan