1218
Events Damietta is besieged by the knights of the Fifth Crusade.Livonian Brothers of the Sword begin to conquer Estonia.Minamoto no Sanetomo becomes Udaijin of Japan.Alfonso IX of Castile founds a university in Salamanca. Ongoing events Fifth Crusade (1217-1221) Births Emperor Chukyo of JapanSeptember 1 - Kujo Yoritsune, fourth shogun of the Kamakura shogunateMay 1 - Rudolph I of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor Deaths Otto IV, Holy Roman EmperorJune 25 - Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester (b. 1160)
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