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Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century
Decades: 1210s  1220s  1230s  - 1240s -  1250s  1260s  1270s
Years: 1237 1238 1239 - 1240 - 1241 1242 1243
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[change] Events

  • Batu Khan and the Golden Horde sack the Ruthenian city of Kiev.
  • Mandinka prince Sundiata Keita defeats Sosso king Soumaoro Kanté at the Battle of Kirina, beginning the Mali Empire.
  • July 15 - Russian prince Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva, saving Russia from a full-scale enemy invasion from the North.
  • End of the civil war era in Norway.
  • Saint Maurice is started to be portrayed as Moor.

[change] Births

  • Abulafia, Maltese Jewish philosopher (died 1292)
  • Pope Benedict XI (died 1304)
  • Stephen V of Hungary (died 1272)
  • Sigerus of Brabant, French theologian (died 1284)
  • Albert the Degenerate, landgrave of Thuringia (approximate date; died 1314)

[change] Deaths

  • April 11 - Llywelyn the Great, King of Gwynedd
  • Ibn Arabi, Andalusian Arab philosopher
  • Jacques de Vitry, French historian and theologian (born c. 1180)
  • William de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey (born 1166)

[change] Monarchs/Presidents

  • 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)

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