Major Events
- Jun 20 French and Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo
- Jul 10 The most severe of several early fires of London burns in Southwark, south of London Bridge
- Jul 16 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa [Battle of Al-Uqab]: combined Christian army defeats Almohad Muslim force in a turning point for Muslim power on Iberian peninsula
Who Died in 1212
- Mar 26 Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58
- Dec 5 Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies
- Dec 12 Geoffrey, Archbishop of York and illegitimate son of King Henry II of England, dies at about 60