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Years: 1239 1240 1241 - 1242 - 1243 1244 1245
Decades: 1210s 1220s 1230s - 1240s - 1250s 1260s 1270s
Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Events

April 5 - During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
Emperor Go-Saga ascends to the throne of Japan.
Batu Khan establishes the Golden Horde at Sarai.
Cleves, Germany is chartered as a city.
Kiel, Germany is chartered as a town.
The diocese of Warmia, Poland is created.
The archbishop of Wiesbaden conquers the city from the Duke of Nassau.
The Mongols invade the Seljuk sultanate.
German colonists arrive in Bratislava after the Mongols fail to conquer the city.
The Mongols of the Golden Horde devastate Volga Bulgaria, and force the nation to pay tribute.
Timeline of medicine and medical technology: Ibn Nafis suggests that the right and left ventricles of the heart are separate and describes the lesser circulation of blood.
A French goldsmith working in Budapest named Guillaume Boucher is captured by the Mongols and taken to Karakorum.

Births

December 15 - Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (d. 1274)

Patrick Dunbar, 7th Earl of Dunbar (d. 1289)

George Pachymeres, Byzantine historian

Beatrix of Castile, spouse of King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1303)

Deaths

February 10 - Emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231)

March 26 - William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle

October 7 - Emperor Juntoku of Japan (b. 1197)

Archambaud VIII of Bourbon

Hōjō Yasutoki, regent of Japan (b. 1183)

Monarchs

Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276)

Castile - Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and Leon (reigned from 1217 to 1252)Further Information

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