1234
Year 1234 (MCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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A drawing of the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty. The Dynasty collapsed in 1234.
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Art and literature |
1234 in poetry |
Gregorian calendar | 1234 MCCXXXIV |
Ab urbe condita | 1987 |
Armenian calendar | 683 ԹՎ ՈՁԳ |
Assyrian calendar | 5984 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1155–1156 |
Bengali calendar | 641 |
Berber calendar | 2184 |
English Regnal year | 18 Hen. 3 – 19 Hen. 3 |
Buddhist calendar | 1778 |
Burmese calendar | 596 |
Byzantine calendar | 6742–6743 |
Chinese calendar | 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3930 or 3870 — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3931 or 3871 |
Coptic calendar | 950–951 |
Discordian calendar | 2400 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1226–1227 |
Hebrew calendar | 4994–4995 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1290–1291 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1155–1156 |
- Kali Yuga | 4334–4335 |
Holocene calendar | 11234 |
Igbo calendar | 234–235 |
Iranian calendar | 612–613 |
Islamic calendar | 631–632 |
Japanese calendar | Tenpuku 2 / Bunryaku 1 (文暦元年) |
Javanese calendar | 1143–1144 |
Julian calendar | 1234 MCCXXXIV |
Korean calendar | 3567 |
Minguo calendar | 678 before ROC 民前678年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −234 |
Thai solar calendar | 1776–1777 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 1360 or 979 or 207 — to — 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 1361 or 980 or 208 |
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Events
Africa
- The Manden region rises against the Kaniaga Kingdom. This is the beginning of a process that will lead to the rise of the Mali Empire.
Asia
- February 9 – Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Siege of Caizhou - Song Dynasty Chinese and Mongolian armies occupy the Jurchen capital at Caizhou, and Emperor Aizong of Jin commits suicide, marking the collapse of the Jin Dynasty.
Europe
- Upon the death of Knut Långe, the deposed Erik Eriksson returns as king of Sweden, possibly after a small war between the two of them. It is also possible that Knut dies of natural causes, and Erik peacefully then returns as king.
- Lund Cathedral was severely damaged in a catastrophic fire. The cause of the fire is unknown.
- Pope Gregory IX calls for a crusade against Bosnia, and replaces the Bogumil Bosnian Bishop with a Catholic Dominican German, Johann.
- King Andrew II of Hungary proclaims herzeg Coloman as Ban of Bosnia, who passes it on to Prijezda, a cousin of Ban Matej Ninoslav (1234 to 1239), despite Matej being the legitimate Ban of Bosnia.
- Sancho II of Portugal conquers the cities of Aljustrel and Mértola from the Muslims.[1]
By topic
- Saint Dominic is canonized.
- Pope Gregory IX releases the Nova Compilatio Decretalium or Decretales Gregorii IX.
Deaths
- February 9 – Emperor Aizong of Jin (b. 1198)
- April 16 – Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (b. 1191)
- May 7 – Otto I, Duke of Merania (b. c. 1180)
- June 18 – Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (b. 1218)
- August 7 – Hugh Foliot, bishop of Hereford (b.c. 1155)
- August 31 – Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212)
- December – Inga of Varteig, Norwegian royal mistress (b. c. 1185)
- date unknown
- Alan, Lord of Galloway
- Knut Långe, usurper to the Swedish throne since 1229
References
- Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 110. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.
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