Editing 1212 (section)

==== England ====
* [[July 10]] &ndash; The [[Early fires of London#Great Fire of 1212|Great Fire]]: The most severe of several [[early fires of London]] burns most of the city to the ground; over 3,000 people die, many of them by drowning in the [[River Thames]]. According to a contemporary account: "An awful fire broke out on the [[Southwark]] side of [[London Bridge]]; while it was raging, a fire broke out at the other end also and so hemmed in the numerous crowds who had assembled to help the distressed. The sufferers, to avoid the flames, threw themselves over the bridge into boats and barges; but many of these sunk, the people crowding into them.".<ref name=Fires>"Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p26</ref>
* [[John, King of England]], impounds the revenue of all prelates appointed by bishops, who have deserted him at his excommunication. He remains on good terms, however, with churchmen who stood by him, including Abbot Sampson, who this year bequeaths John his jewels.<ref>Warren, W. L. (1961). ''King John''. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 169–172.</ref>