1242
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| Years: 1239 1240 1241 - 1242 - 1243 1244 1245 |
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| Decades: 1210s 1220s 1230s - 1240s - 1250s 1260s 1270s |
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| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century |
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| 1242 by topic | |
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| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Art and literature | |
| 1242 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1242 MCCXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1995 |
| Armenian calendar | 691 ԹՎ ՈՂԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -602 – -601 |
| Berber calendar | 2192 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1786 |
| Burmese calendar | 604 |
| Chinese calendar | 3878/3938-11-29 (辛丑年十一月廿九日) — to —
3879/3939-12-8(壬寅年十二月初八日) |
| Coptic calendar | 958 – 959 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1234 – 1235 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5002 – 5003 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1297 – 1298 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1164 – 1165 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4343 – 4344 |
| Holocene calendar | 11242 |
| Iranian calendar | 620 – 621 |
| Islamic calendar | 639 – 640 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1902 (皇紀1902年) |
| Korean calendar | 3575 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1785 |
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[edit] 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.
- A French goldsmith working in Budapest named Guillaume Boucher is captured by the Mongols and taken to Karakorum.
[edit] Births
- December 15 - Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (d. 1274)
- Patrick Dunbar, 7th Earl of Dunbar (d. 1289)
- George Pachymeres, Byzantine historian
- Beatrix of Castile, spouse of King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1303)
[edit] Deaths
- February 10 - Emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231)
- March 26 - William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
- October 7 - Emperor Juntoku of Japan (b. 1197)
- Archambaud VIII of Bourbon
- Hōjō Yasutoki, regent of Japan (b. 1183)
[edit] Monarchs
- 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)
