1222
1222 was a common year.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1190s 1200s 1210s – 1220s – 1230s 1240s 1250s |
| Years: | 1219 1220 1221 – 1222 – 1223 1224 1225 |
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, Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism (d. 1282)
- August 4 – Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)
- Andrei II of Russia, Grand Prince of Vladimir (d. 1264)
Deaths
- March 10 – Johan Sverkersson, king of Sweden since 1216 (b. 1201)
- June 23 – Constance of Aragon (b. 1179)
- August 2 – Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)
- August 12 – Ladislaus Jindrich of Bohemia
- Theodore I Lascaris, founder of the Byzantine Empire of Nicaea