1242

'Years:' 1239 1240 1241 - 1242 - 1243 1244 1245

'Decades:' 1210s 1220s 1230s - '1240s' - 1250s 1260s 1270s

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

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Monarchs/Presidents

Events

★ April 5 - During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.

★ Emperor Go-Saga ascends to the throne of Japan.

★ Batu Khan establishes the Golden Horde at Sarai.

★ Cleves, Germany is chartered as a city.

★ Kiel, Germany is chartered as a town.

★ The diocese of Warmia, Poland is created.

★ The archbishop of Wiesbaden conquers the city from the Duke of Nassau.

★ The Mongols invade the Seljuk sultanate.

★ German colonists arrive in Bratislava after the Mongols fail to conquer the city.

★ The Mongols of the Golden Horde devastate Volga Bulgaria, and force the nation to pay tribute.

★ Timeline of medicine and medical technology - Ibn Nafis suggests that the right and left ventricles of the heart are separate and describes the lesser circulation of blood.

Births

★ December 15 - Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (died 1274)

★ Patrick Dunbar, 7th Earl of Dunbar (died 1289)

★ George Pachymeres, Byzantine historian

★ Beatrix of Castile spouse of King Afonso III of Portugal (†1303)

Deaths

★ February 10 - Emperor Shijō of Japan (born 1231)

★ March 26 - William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle

★ October 7 - Emperor Juntoku of Japan (born 1197)

★ Archambaud VIII of Bourbon

★ Hōjō Yasutoki, regent of Japan (born 1183)

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)