Timeline May 1213

Events in May 1213 3

• 1147 – 1213 Wada Yoshimori (1147-1213) Died 3 May 1213, aged 66 Wada Yoshimori was a senior samurai official of the Kamakura shogunate who served as its chief of military affairs. He led a failed uprising against the Hojo regency and died fighting in the streets of Kamakura. His clan's destruction cemented Hojo Yoshitoki's control over the shogunate.
• 1213 Wada rebellion crushed in Kamakura Hojo clan destroys the Wada clan, tightening its grip on the shogunate Wada Yoshimori, a powerful retainer of the Kamakura shogunate, rose up against regent Hojo Yoshitoki but was defeated and killed in fighting around Kamakura. The destruction of the Wada clan removed the last major rival to Hojo dominance over the shogunal government. Hojo Yoshitoki absorbed Wada's offices, consolidating the regency's power.
• 1213 King John submits England as a papal fief John surrenders his kingdom to Pope Innocent III to end the interdict Facing baronial unrest and the threat of a French invasion, King John of England surrendered his kingdom to Pope Innocent III through the papal legate Pandulf Verraccio, receiving it back as a vassal fief. The move secured papal backing against his domestic enemies and brought England's six-year interdict closer to an end. The submission was formalized in a charter sealed at Dover in May 1213.