1241
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This article is about the year 1241.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1210s 1220s 1230s – 1240s – 1250s 1260s 1270s |
| Years: | 1238 1239 1240 – 1241 – 1242 1243 1244 |
| 1241 by topic | |
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| 1241 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1241 MCCXLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1994 |
| Armenian calendar | 690 ԹՎ ՈՂ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5991 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -603–-602 |
| Bengali calendar | 648 |
| Berber calendar | 2191 |
| English Regnal year | 25 Hen. 3 – 26 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1785 |
| Burmese calendar | 603 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6749–6750 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年十二月十八日 (3877/3937-12-18) — to —
辛丑年十一月廿八日(3878/3938-11-28) |
| Coptic calendar | 957–958 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1233–1234 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5001–5002 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1297–1298 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1163–1164 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4342–4343 |
| Holocene calendar | 11241 |
| Iranian calendar | 619–620 |
| Islamic calendar | 638–639 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3574 |
| Minguo calendar | 671 before ROC 民前671年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1784 |
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Year 1241 (MCCXLI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
- March 18 – Battle of Chmielnick: The Mongols defeat a feudal Polish army.
- April 9 – Battle of Liegnitz: The Mongols under the command of Baidar, Kadan and Orda Khan, defeat the feudal Polish nobility, including the Knights Templar.
- April 11 – Battle of Mohi: Batu Khan and Subutai defeat Béla IV of Hungary. The battle is the last major event in the Mongol Invasion of Europe.
- April 27 – Battle of Sajo: The Mongols defeat Bela IV of Hungary.
- Early summer – A succession crises or other priorities results in the Mongols withdrawing behind their river barrier into the Ukraine and the Russia's, leaving Central Asian and far Eastern Europe peoples tributary to the Khanates, but leaving Poland and Hungary to begin recovery and reorganization.
- May 10 – Battle of Cameirge: The Milesian Irish Septs of the O'Donnells from Donegal, the O'Neills from Armagh and the O'Dohertys of Connacht defeat the last Tuathe de Danaan Sept the MacLochlainns of Tir-owen and Inish-Owen under Domhnall MacLochlainn.
- August 29 – after Henry III of England's invasion of Wales, the Treaty of Gwerneigron is signed by him and Dafydd ap Llywelyn, curbing the latter's authority and denying him royal title.
- October 25 – Pope Celestine IV succeeds Pope Gregory IX as the 179th pope.
- Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic saga writer, is murdered by Gissur Þorvaldsson, an emissary of King Haakon IV of Norway.
- Emperor Lizong of Song China accepts the Neo-Confucian teachings of the late Zhu Xi, including his commentary on the Four Books. This will have an impact upon the philosophical schools of surrounding countries as well, including Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.
[edit] Births
- September 4 – King Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)
- Eleanor of Castile, queen of Edward I of England (d. 1290)
[edit] Deaths
- March 28 – Valdemar II of Denmark (b. 1170)
- April 9 – Duke Henry II of Poland
- June 24 – Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria
- August 10 – Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (b. c. 1184)
- August 22 – Pope Gregory IX
- September 23 – Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet and politician (b. 1178)
- September 26 – Fujiwara no Teika, Japanese poet
- November 10 – Pope Celestine IV
- December 1 – Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)
- Bernardo di Quintavalle
- Mary, Countess of Blois (b. 1200)
- Ögedei Khan
- Baba Ishak, charismatic preacher (b. c. 1239)
