The world in 1217 AD — what happened that year

8 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

Shi Hai rebelled from Zhending; Wu Xian, prefect of Weizhou, killed Shi Hai and over 200 of his followers and received their surrender. (History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals 金史卷015 宣宗貞祐五年3月)
Wanyan Saibu's army crossed the Huai River and broke the two passes of Guangzhou. (History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals 金史卷015 宣宗貞祐五年4月)
Mongol troops swept through Zhongshan Prefecture and Xinle County, and also took Cizhou. (History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals 金史卷015 宣宗興定元年10月)
Mongol troops pacified Yidu Prefecture. (History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals 金史卷015 宣宗興定元年12月)
The Jin divided their forces and besieged Zaoyang and the Guanghua Army. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷040 嘉定十年)
He captured Daming Prefecture and then pacified eastward the prefectures of Yidu, Zi, Deng, Lai, Wei, and Mi. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史卷1 太祖 1217年)
In the third month Jin's Qingshou divided his troops and attacked Fancheng, besieged Zaoyang and Guanghua Jun, and separately sent Wanyan Alin to Dasan Pass to attack Xihe, Jie and Cheng prefectures. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 권160 三月 단락160.12.4)

Mstislav leaves his wife and son in Novgorod and goes to Kyiv; Vladimir comes to Novgorod. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1217년)