- Jul 9 Stephen Langton, English Cardinal and scholar, Archbishop of Canterbury (1207-1228), negotiated the Magna Carta, thought to have divided Bible into chapters (b. c. 1150)
- Sep 24 Stefanus I Nemanjic de Eerstgekroonde, king of Serbia (1217-28), dies
- Nov 8 Dirk I, ruler of Heinsberg/Valkenburg, dies