1235

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 12th century13th century14th century
Decades: 1200s  1210s  1220s  – 1230s –  1240s  1250s  1260s
Years: 1232 1233 123412351236 1237 1238

Events

  • The Normans invade Connacht.
  • St. Elizabeth of Hungary is canonized by Pope Gregory IX. She died on November 17 1231 at age 24, either from physical fatigue or from disease, in Marburg.
  • A general inquisition begins in France.
  • The Byzantine emperor John III Ducas Vatatzes and the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II besiege Constantinople in an attempt to take it from its Latin rulers, John of Brienne and Baldwin II. Angelo Sanudo successfully negotiates a two-year truce.
  • Sundiata Keita's victory at the Battle of Kirina marks the beginning of the Mali Empire.
  • The Lancaster Royal Grammar School is founded.
  • A Chinese text of this year records that Hangzhou City, the capital of the Song Dynasty, held various social clubs that included a West Lake Poetry Club, the Buddhist Tea Society, the Physical Fitness Club, the Anglers' Club, the Occult Club, the Young Girls' Chorus, the Exotic Foods Club, the Plants and Fruits Club, the Antique Collectors' Club, the Horse-Lovers' Club, and the Refined Music Society.

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