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Years: 1219 1219 1220 - 1221 - 1222 1223 1224
Decades: 1180s 1190s 1200s - 1210s - 1220s 1230s 1240s
Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

May 13 - End of the reign of Emperor Juntoku, emperor of Japan
Emperor Chūkyō briefly reigns over Japan
Former Emperor Go-Toba leads an unsuccessful rebellion against the Kamakura Shogunate
Emperor Go-Horikawa ascends to the throne of Japan
January - Mongol Army under Jochi captures the city of Gurganj (now Kunya-Urgench), and massacres the inhabitants, reported by contemporary scholars as being over a million killed, although probably only a fifth or a tenth of that in reality.
February - Merv sacked by the Mongols under Tolui at the orders of Ghengis Khan. Contemporary scholars report over a million people were systematically killed in the aftermath.
Revolt against rulers of Chichen Itza by Maya of the Yucatán
Nizhny Novgorod City (Russia) was founded.
A large and highly efficient Mongol army, despatched under Subedei by Ghengis Khan to Georgia defeats two Georgian armies around Tblisi, but lacks the will or equipment to besiege the city.