1242
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| Years: 1239 1240 1241 – 1242 – 1243 1244 1245 |
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| Decades: 1210s 1220s 1230s – 1240s – 1250s 1260s 1270s |
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| Centuries: 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
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| 1242 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1242 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1242 MCCXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1995 |
| Armenian calendar | 691 ԹՎ ՈՂԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -602 – -601 |
| Berber calendar | 2192 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1786 |
| Burmese calendar | 604 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6750 – 6751 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年十一月廿九日 (3878/3938-11-29) — to —
壬寅年十二月初八日(3879/3939-12-8) |
| Coptic calendar | 958 – 959 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1234 – 1235 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5002 – 5003 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1297 – 1298 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1164 – 1165 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4343 – 4344 |
| Holocene calendar | 11242 |
| Iranian calendar | 620 – 621 |
| Islamic calendar | 639 – 640 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3575 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1785 |
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[edit] Events
- April 5 – During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
- Emperor Go-Saga ascends to the throne of Japan.
- Batu Khan establishes the Golden Horde at Sarai.
- Cleves, Germany is chartered as a city.
- Kiel, Germany is chartered as a town.
- The diocese of Warmia, Poland is created.
- The archbishop of Wiesbaden conquers the city from the Duke of Nassau.
- The Mongols invade the Seljuk sultanate.
- German colonists arrive in Bratislava after the Mongols fail to conquer the city.
- The Mongols of the Golden Horde devastate Volga Bulgaria, and force the nation to pay tribute.
- Timeline of medicine and medical technology: Ibn Nafis suggests that the right and left ventricles of the heart are separate and describes the lesser circulation of blood.
- A French goldsmith working in Budapest named Guillaume Boucher is captured by the Mongols and taken to Karakorum.
- The golden bull issued by King Béla IV to inhabitants of Gradec (today's Zagreb) and Samobor in Croatia, during Mongol invasion of Europe. By this golden bull King Bela IV proclaimed a Free Royal Borough (free and royal city).
[edit] Births
- December 15 – Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (d. 1274)
- Patrick Dunbar, 7th Earl of Dunbar (d. 1289)
- George Pachymeres, Byzantine historian
- Beatrice of Castile (1242–1303), wife of King Afonso III of Portugal
[edit] Deaths
- February 10 – Emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231)
- March 26 – William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
- October 7 – Emperor Juntoku of Japan (b. 1197)
- Archambaud VIII of Bourbon, ruler of Bourbonnais
- Hōjō Yasutoki, regent of Japan (b. 1183)
[edit] 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)
