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

Events

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

Births

Abulafia, Maltese Jewish philosopher (d. 1292)

Pope Benedict XI (d. 1304)

Stephen V of Hungary (d. 1272)

Sigerus of Brabant, French theologian (d. 1284)

Albert the Degenerate, landgrave of Thuringia (approximate date; d. 1314)

Deaths

January 29 - Pelagio Galvani, bishop of Albano and dean of the Sacred College (b. ca. 1165)

April 11 - Llywelyn the Great, King of Gwynedd

November 10 - Ibn Arabi, Andalusian Arab philosopher (b. 1165)

William de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey (b. 1166)

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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