1220

1220 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1220; MCCXX
Ab urbe condita	1973
Armenian calendar	669; ԹՎ ՈԿԹ
Assyrian calendar	5970
Balinese saka calendar	1141–1142
Bengali calendar	627
Berber calendar	2170
English Regnal year	4 Hen. 3 – 5 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar	1764
Burmese calendar	582
Byzantine calendar	6728–6729
Chinese calendar	己卯年 (Earth Rabbit); 3916 or 3856; — to —; 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon); 3917 or 3857
Coptic calendar	936–937
Discordian calendar	2386
Ethiopian calendar	1212–1213
Hebrew calendar	4980–4981
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1276–1277
- Shaka Samvat	1141–1142
- Kali Yuga	4320–4321
Holocene calendar	11220
Igbo calendar	220–221
Iranian calendar	598–599
Islamic calendar	616–617
Japanese calendar	Jōkyū 2; (承久２年)
Javanese calendar	1128–1129
Julian calendar	1220; MCCXX
Korean calendar	3553
Minguo calendar	692 before ROC; 民前692年
Nanakshahi calendar	−248
Thai solar calendar	1762–1763
Tibetan calendar	阴土兔年; (female Earth-Rabbit); 1346 or 965 or 193; — to —; 阳金龙年; (male Iron-Dragon); 1347 or 966 or 194

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century – 13th century – 14th century
Decades:	1190s 1200s 1210s – 1220s – 1230s 1240s 1250s
Years:	1217 1218 1219 – 1220 – 1221 1222 1223

1220 (MCCXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1220th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 220th year of the 2nd millennium, the 20th year of the 13th century, and the 1st year of the 1220s decade. As of the start of 1220, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

Middle Ages in Europe
Fifth Crusade (1217-1221)
Battle of Lihula in Estonia between Estonians and Swedes.
Mongols first invade Abbasid caliphate – Bukhara and Samarkand taken
End of the Kara-Khitan Khanate, destroyed by Genghis Khan's Mongolian cavalry
Dominican Order approved by Pope Honorius III
Frederick II crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Honorius III
Conrad of Masovia drives out the heathen Prussians from a Masovian territory of Chelmno Land
Trial by ordeal abolished in England
The German Hohenstaufen dynasty which had ruled Sicily since 1194, adopts Palermo as its principal seat
Dordrecht receives city rights, making it the oldest city in the present-day Netherlands
Ljubljana receives its town rights
The Islamic lands of Central Asia are overrun by the armies of the Mongol invader Genghis Khan (ca. 1155-1227), who laid waste to many civilizations and created an empire that stretched from China to the Caspian Sea. However, he failed to destroy the strength of Islam in Central Asia.

Gothic architecture in Europe
Rebuilding of the Cathedral of Chartres, which had been destroyed by a fire in 1194, is completed
Rebuilding of the York Minster begins
Building of the Salisbury Cathedral begins