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This article is about the year 1234. For other uses, see 1234 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1200s 1210s 1220s – 1230s – 1240s 1250s 1260s |
| Years: | 1231 1232 1233 – 1234 – 1235 1236 1237 |
| 1234 by topic | |
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| 1234 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1234 MCCXXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1987 |
| Armenian calendar | 683 ԹՎ ՈՁԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5984 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -610–-609 |
| Bengali calendar | 641 |
| Berber calendar | 2184 |
| English Regnal year | 18 Hen. 3 – 19 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1778 |
| Burmese calendar | 596 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6742–6743 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸巳年十一月三十日 (3870/3930-11-30) — to —
甲午年十二月初十日(3871/3931-12-10) |
| Coptic calendar | 950–951 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1226–1227 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4994–4995 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1290–1291 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1156–1157 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4335–4336 |
| Holocene calendar | 11234 |
| Iranian calendar | 612–613 |
| Islamic calendar | 631–632 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3567 |
| Minguo calendar | 678 before ROC 民前678年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1777 |
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Year 1234 (MCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By area
[edit] Africa
- The Manden region raises against the Kaniaga kingdom. This is the beginning of a process that will lead to the rise of the Mali empire.
[edit] Asia
- February 9 – Song Dynasty Chinese and Mongolian armies occupy the Jurchen capital at Caizhou, marking the collapse of the Jin Dynasty (1115–1234).
[edit] Europe
- Upon the death of Knut Långe, the deposed Erik Eriksson returns as king of Sweden, possibly after a small war between the two of them. It is also possible that Knut dies of natural causes and Erik peacefully then returns as king.
- Pope Gregory IX calls for a crusade against Bosnia, and replaces the Bogumil Bosnian Bishop with a Catholic Dominican German, Johann.
- King Andrew II of Hungary proclaims herzeg Coloman as Ban of Bosnia, who passes it on to Prijezda, a cousin of Ban Matej Ninoslav (1234 to 1239), despite Matej being the legitimate Ban of Bosnia.
- Sancho II of Portugal conquers the cities of Aljustrel and Mértola over the Muslims.[1]
[edit] By topic
- Saint Dominic is canonized.
- Pope Gregory IX releases the Nova Compilatio Decretalium.
[edit] Births
- Abaqa Khan, Mongol emperor of Persia (d. 1282)
- Imam Nawawi, prominent Muslim scholar
[edit] Deaths
- April 16 – Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
- June 18 – Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (b. 1218)
- August 31 – Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212)
- Alan, Lord of Galloway
- Stefan Radoslav, King of Serbia (b. 1192)
- Knut Långe, usurper to the Swedish throne since 1229
[edit] References
- ^ Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 110. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.
