1215 deaths

was a Japanese Buddhist priest, credited with founding the Rinzai school, the Japanese line of the Linji school of Zen Buddhism. In 1191, he introduced this Zen approach to Japan, following his trip to China from 1187 to 1191, during which he was initiated into the Linji school by the master Hsü an. It is also said that he popularized green tea in Japan, following this same trip. He was also the founding abbot of Shōfuku-ji and Kennin-ji, two of the earliest Zen temples in Japan. He is often known simply as Eisai/Yōsai Zenji (栄西禅師), literally "Zen master Eisai".

despot of Epirus

1st Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate (1138-1215)

troubadour (c. 1138 – 1215)

grand prince of Kyiv

Cathar Perfect

Italian historian

Dutch bishop

Marquess of Saluzzo

Italian merchant and politician

marquis of Este and Ferrara (1190-1215)

Persian traveller and poet

Tālivaldis or Tālibalds (; died 1215) was a Latgalian elder, the ruler of Tālava, whose support for Albert of Riga and the German crusaders brought about his death at the hands of the native Baltic peoples.

malik of Bamiyan

Indian Sufi Saint

Countess of Rochefort and suo jure countess of Leicester