10th July » The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
16th July » Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: After Pope Innocent III calls European knights to a Crusades crusade, forces of Kings Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho VII of Navarre, Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal defeat those of the Berber people Berber Musl
26th September » Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.
Famous Birthdays in 1212
22nd March » Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)