1242
Events April 5 - During a battle on the ice of Chudskoye Lake, Russian forces 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 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, 6th Kamakura shogun in Japan (d. 1274)George Pachymeres, Byzantine historian Deaths Emperor Juntoku of JapanEmperor Shijo of Japan 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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