1216

Events

• Prince Louis of France, the future King Louis VIII, invades England in the First Barons' War
• Henry III becomes King of England.
• Dresden, Germany becomes a city
• ascension of Pope Honorius III;in the same year he officially approved the Order of Preachers (the Dominican Order)

Births

Deaths

• June 11 — Henry of Flanders, emperor of the Latin Empire (poisoned)
• June 16 — Pope Innocent III
• October 18 or 19 — John, King of England (b. 1166)

Heads of state

• England — John, King of England (reigned from 1199 to 1216)
• France — Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)