1238
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Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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1238 in poetry |
Gregorian calendar | 1238 MCCXXXVIII |
Ab urbe condita | 1991 |
Armenian calendar | 687 ԹՎ ՈՁԷ |
Assyrian calendar | 5988 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1159–1160 |
Bengali calendar | 645 |
Berber calendar | 2188 |
English Regnal year | 22 Hen. 3 – 23 Hen. 3 |
Buddhist calendar | 1782 |
Burmese calendar | 600 |
Byzantine calendar | 6746–6747 |
Chinese calendar | 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3935 or 3728 — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3936 or 3729 |
Coptic calendar | 954–955 |
Discordian calendar | 2404 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1230–1231 |
Hebrew calendar | 4998–4999 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1294–1295 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1159–1160 |
- Kali Yuga | 4338–4339 |
Holocene calendar | 11238 |
Igbo calendar | 238–239 |
Iranian calendar | 616–617 |
Islamic calendar | 635–636 |
Japanese calendar | Katei 4 / Ryakunin 1 (暦仁元年) |
Javanese calendar | 1147–1148 |
Julian calendar | 1238 MCCXXXVIII |
Korean calendar | 3571 |
Minguo calendar | 674 before ROC 民前674年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −230 |
Thai solar calendar | 1780–1781 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 1364 or 983 or 211 — to — 阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 1365 or 984 or 212 |
Year 1238 (MCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- March 4 – Mongol invasion of Rus – Battle of the Sit River: The Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan defeat the Rus' under Yuri Vsevolodovich of Vladimir-Suzdal.
- August 21 – Battle of Örlygsstaðir: Sighvatr Sturluson and Sturla Sighvatsson defeat Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson and Gissur Þorvaldsson for control of Iceland.
- September 28 – James I of Aragon captures the city of Valencia from the Moors, who retreat to Granada.
- The seat of the Patriarch of Aquileia is transferred to Udine.
- Simon de Montfort marries Eleanor, sister of Henry III of England.
- The Mongols seize Moscow, at the time a small town.
- Peterborough Cathedral is consecrated.
- Founder of the Nasrid dynasty, Mohammed I ibn Nasr, begins Alhambra complex on the site of a pre-Islamic fortress.
- Thowadra Monastery is founded in Bhutan.
Asia
- The Khmers are expelled from Luang Phrabang in Laos.
- The Sukhothai kingdom is founded in Thailand.
Births
- Nizamuddin Auliya, Indian Sufi saint (d. 1325)
- Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1302)
- Meinhard II of Gorizia-Tyrol (d. 1295)
- Shri Madhvacharya, Vaishnavite saint and founder of the Dvaita School (d. 1317)
- Henry de Montfort, son of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (d. 1265)
- Magnus Lagabøte, king of Norway (d. 1280)
Deaths
- March 4
- Joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (b. 1210)
- Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich of Vladimir-Suzdalia (b. 1189)
- March 19 – Henry I the Bearded, Duke of Lower Silesia (b. c. 1165)
- June 9 – Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchester
- date unknown
- Al-Kamil, Ayyubid sultan of Egypt
- Hugh le Despenser I, English nobleman