1236 Totally Explained

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Years: 1233 1234 1235 - 1236 - 1237 1238 1239
Decades: 1200s 1210s 1220s - 1230s - 1240s 1250s 1260s
Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Events

January 14 - Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
May 6 - Roger of Wendover, Benedictine monk and chronicler of St. Albans Abbey dies. His chronicle is continued by Matthew Paris.
September 22 - Battle of Saule: The Lithuanians and Semigallians beat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword.
Volga Bulgaria is conquered by Mongol khan Batu.
Córdoba is retaken for Christianity as part of the Reconquista, and becomes a centre of activity against the remaining Islamic population.
Razia al-Din accedes to the Sultanate of Delhi.
Only 4 of 58 districts in Sichuan, China, are captured from the Southern Song by the Mongols under Ögedei. The population of Chengdu, roughly one million inhabitants, is summarily slaughtered after the Mongols take the city with little effort.
A tournament at Tickhill in England turns into a battle between northerners and southerners, but peace is restored by the papal legate.

Births

June 6 - Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283)

Deaths

May 6 - Roger of Wendover, Benedictine monk and chronicler

John of Ibelin, the Old Lord of Beirut (b. c. 1179)

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)Further Information

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