1229

'Years:' 1226 1227 1228 - 1229 - 1230 1231 1232

'Decades:' 1190s 1200s 1210s - '1220s' - 1230s 1240s 1250s

'Centuries:' 12th century - '13th century' - 14th century

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Deaths

Events

★ February 18 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.

★ March 18 - Sixth Crusade of Frederick II: Frederick crowns himself King of Jerusalem.

★ September 12 - The Aragonese army under the command of James I of Aragon disembarks at Santa Ponça, Majorca, with the purpose of conquering the island.

★ Beverston Castle, Gloucestershire, England was founded.

★ University of Paris strike of 1229.

★ Abu Zakariya founds the independente Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya (north Africa).

★ Following the deadlock tie in the election of the Venetian Doge, the number of electors is increased from forty to forty-one in order to prevent such future occurrences.

★ Foundation of the University of Toulouse in Toulouse, France.

★ Founding of the city of Turku, Finland.

Births

Deaths

★ January 17 - Albert of Buxhoeveden, German soldier

★ Yaqut al-Hamawi, Arab biographer and geographer (born 1179)