1221
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| Millennium | 
| 2nd millennium | 
| Centuries | 
| Decades | 
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| 1221 by topic | 
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| Leaders | 
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| Birth and death categories | 
| Births – Deaths | 
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | 
| Establishments – Disestablishments | 
| Art and literature | 
| 1221 in poetry | 
| Gregorian calendar | 1221 MCCXXI | 
| Ab urbe condita | 1974 | 
| Armenian calendar | 670 ԹՎ ՈՀ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 5971 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1142–1143 | 
| Bengali calendar | 627–628 | 
| Berber calendar | 2171 | 
| English Regnal year | 5 Hen. 3 – 6 Hen. 3 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 1765 | 
| Burmese calendar | 583 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 6729–6730 | 
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3918 or 3711 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 3919 or 3712 | 
| Coptic calendar | 937–938 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2387 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1213–1214 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 4981–4982 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1277–1278 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1142–1143 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4321–4322 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11221 | 
| Igbo calendar | 221–222 | 
| Iranian calendar | 599–600 | 
| Islamic calendar | 617–618 | 
| Japanese calendar | Jōkyū 3 (承久3年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 1129–1130 | 
| Julian calendar | 1221 MCCXXI | 
| Korean calendar | 3554 | 
| Minguo calendar | 691 before ROC 民前691年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | −247 | 
| Thai solar calendar | 1763–1764 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1347 or 966 or 194 — to — 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1348 or 967 or 195 | 
Year 1221 (MCCXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.