1230

'Years:' 1227 1228 1229 - 1230 - 1231 1232 1233

'Decades:' 1200s 1210s 1220s - '1230s' - 1240s 1250s 1260s

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

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ March 9 - Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus near the village of Klokotnitsa.

★ Kingdom of Leon unites with the Kingdom of Castile.

★ Approximate year of creation for the Carmina Burana poetry and song collection.

★ In the West African village of Siby, Sundiata Keita, founder of the Mali Empire, forced the Malinkés to bind themselves to each other by oath.

Births

★ Eudes of Burgundy (died 1266)

★ Hu Sansheng, Chinese historian (d. 1287)

Deaths

★ May 2 - William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (hanged)

★ July 28 - Duke Leopold VI of Austria (born 1176)

★ September 23 - Alfonso IX of Leon (born 1171)

★ October 25 - Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (born 1180)

★ December 15 - Otakar I of Bohemia

★ December 23 - Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England