12th October » John of England or King John of Kingdom of England named England loses his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge.
19th October » King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry III of England known as Henry.
22nd December » Pope Honorius III approves the Dominican Order through the papal bull of confirmation Religiosam vitam.
Famous Deaths in History for 1216
31st January » Patriarch Theodore II of Constantinople