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1240
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| 1240 by topic |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
1240 in other calendars
| Gregorian calendar |
1240
MCCXL |
| Ab urbe condita |
1993 |
| Armenian calendar |
689
ԹՎ ՈՁԹ |
| Chinese calendar |
3936 – 3937
己亥 – 庚子 |
| Ethiopian calendar |
1232 – 1233 |
| Hebrew calendar |
5000 – 5001 |
| Hindu calendars |
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| - Vikram Samvat |
1295 – 1296 |
| - Shaka Samvat |
1162 – 1163 |
| - Kali Yuga |
4341 – 4342 |
| Iranian calendar |
618 – 619 |
| Islamic calendar |
637 – 638 |
Events
- Batu Khan and the Golden Horde sack the Ruthenian city of Kiev
- Mandinka prince Sundiata Keita defeats Sosso king Soumaoro Kanté at the Battle of Kirina, beginning the Mali Empire.
- July 15 - Russian prince Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva, saving Russia from a full-scale enemy invasion from the North.
- End of the civil war era in Norway.
Births
- Abulafia, Maltese Jewish philosopher (died 1292)
- Pope Benedict XI (died 1304)
- Stephen V of Hungary (died 1272)
- Sigerus of Brabant, French theologian (died 1284)
- Albert the Degenerate, landgrave of Thuringia (approximate date; died 1314)
Deaths
- April 11 - Llywelyn the Great, King of Gwynedd
- Ibn Arabi, Andalusian Arab philosopher
- Jacques de Vitry, French historian and theologian (born c. 1180)
- William de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey (born 1166)
Monarchs/Presidents
- 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)
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