Magna Carta
1215
King John signs a charter limiting royal power.
- Type
- Event
- Date
- 1215
- Place
- England
Who was alive during Magna Carta
- Genghis Khan c. 1162–1227, ruler
- King John of England 1166–1216, king
- Leonardo Fibonacci c. 1170–c. 1250, mathematician
- Francis of Assisi c. 1181–1226, religious leader
- Rumi 1207–1273, poet
- Haji Bektash Veli c. 1209–c. 1271, Sufi mystic
- Saadi Shirazi c. 1210–1291, poet
- Kublai Khan 1215–1294, emperor