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1236

- January 14 - Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.

- May 6 - Roger of Wendover, Benedictine monk and chronicler of St Albans Abbey dies. His chronicle is continued by Matthew Paris.

- September 22 - Lithuanians and Semigallians beat Livonian Brothers of the Sword in Battle of Siauliai

- Volga Bulgaria is conquered by Mongol khan Batu.

- Córdoba was retaken for Christianity as part of the Reconquista in 1236, and became a centre of activity against the remaining Islamic population.

- Accession of Razia al-Din to the Sultanate of Delhi.

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1235

St. Elizabeth of Hungary died November 17, 1231, either from physical fatigue or from disease, only 24 years old, in Marburg. She was canonized by Pope Gregory IX in 1235.

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1234

Sung and Mongolian armies occupied Jingzhou. Collapse of the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)

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1233

- Fortress of Kalan built.
- Establishment of the Inquisition.
- Mustansiriya University founded in Baghdad.

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1232

Pope Gregory IX driven from Rome by a revolt, taking refuge at Anagni

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1231

Llywelyn the Great launches a campaign against the Norman lordships in Wales.

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1230

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- March 9 - Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus near the village of Klokotnitsa.

- Kingdom of Leon unites with the Kingdom of Castile.

- Approximate year of creation for the Carmina Burana poetry and song collection.

- In the West African village of Siby, Sundiata Keita, founder of the Mali Empire, forced the Malinkés to bind themselves to each other by oath.

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1229

March 18 - Sixth Crusade of Frederick II: Fredrick crowns himself King.

Beverston Castle, Gloucestershire, England was founded.


University of Paris strike of 1229.


Foundation of the University of Toulouse in Toulouse, France.

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1228

April 25 - Conrad IV of Germany is born

Germany

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1227

Henry III of England declares himself of age and assumes power