– Al-Adil I falls ill and dies at Damascus after an 18-year reign. He is succeeded in Syria by his eldest son Al-Mu'azzam and in Egypt by his younger son, Al-Kamil. Asia Minamoto no Sanetomo becomes Udaijin ("Minister of the Right"), the third-highest post of the Japanese imperial court. King Jayavarman VII of the Khmer Empire rebuilds the city of Angkor Thom, including the Temple of Bayon. By topic Education August – King Alfonso IX of León grants a royal charter to the University of Salamanca. Markets The city of Rheims emits the first recorded public life annuity in Medieval Europe. This type of instrument had been mostly issued by religious institutions. The emission by Rheims is the first evidence of a consolidation of public debt that is to become common in the Langue d'Oïl, the Low Countries and Germany. Religion Pedro Nolasco founds the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy in Barcelona, Spain. Entertainment 1218 is the number used to refer to the universe in which the real Earth exists in respect to the Marvel Comics multiverse. Births February 12 – Kujō Yoritsune, Japanese shōgun (d. 1256) May 1 John I, count of Hainaut (d. 1257) Rudolf I, king of Germany (d. 1291) October 30 – Chūkyō, emperor of Japan (d. 1234) Abel (Valdemarsen), king of Denmark (d. 1252) Bernhard I, prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (d. 1287) Fujiwara no Chōshi, Japanese empress (d. 1275) Irene Komnene, Byzantine noblewoman (d. 1284) Jaromar II, German prince and co-ruler (d. 1260) Lý Chiêu Hoàng, empress of Vietnam (d. 1278) Marie de Coucy, queen consort of Scotland (d. 1285) Maurice de Berkeley, English nobleman (d. 1281) Peter of Courtenay, French nobleman (d. 1249) Thomas de Cantilupe, English bishop (d. 1282) Yolande of Brittany, French noblewoman (d. 1272) Deaths January 10 – Hugh I (or Hugo), king of Cyprus (b. 1195) January 23 – Wolfger von Erla, German bishop (b. 1140) February 2 – Konstantin of Rostov, Kievan Grand Prince February 12 – Alice of Courtenay, French noblewoman February 18 – Berthold V, German nobleman (b. 1160) May 6 – Theresa of Portugal, countess of Flanders May 19 – Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1175) June 25 – Simon de Montfort, French nobleman July 6 – Odo III (or Eudes), duke of Burgundy (b. 1166) August 7 – Adolf VI (or III), German nobleman (b. 1175) August 26 – William of Chartres