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| Years: 1237 1238 1239 - 1240 - 1241 1242 1243 | |
| Decades: 1210s 1220s 1230s - 1240s - 1250s 1260s 1270s | |
| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century | |
| 1240 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1240 MCCXL |
| Ab urbe condita | 1993 |
| Armenian calendar | 689 ԹՎ ՈՁԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -604 – -603 |
| Berber calendar | 2190 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1784 |
| Burmese calendar | 602 |
| Chinese calendar | 3876/3936-12-6 (己亥年十二月初六日) — to — 3877/3937-12-17(庚子年十二月十七日) |
| Coptic calendar | 956 – 957 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1232 – 1233 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5000 – 5001 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1295 – 1296 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1162 – 1163 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4341 – 4342 |
| Holocene calendar | 11240 |
| Iranian calendar | 618 – 619 |
| Islamic calendar | 637 – 638 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1900 (皇紀1900年) |
| Julian calendar | 1285 |
| Korean calendar | 3573 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1783 |
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[edit] Events
- Batu Khan and the Golden Horde sack the Ruthenian city of Kiev.
- Mandinka prince Sundiata Keita defeats Sosso king Soumaoro Kanté at the Battle of Kirina, beginning the Mali Empire.
- July 15 - Russian prince Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva, saving Russia from a full-scale enemy invasion from the North.
- End of the civil war era in Norway.
- Saint Maurice is started to be portrayed as Moor.
[edit] Births
- Abulafia, Maltese Jewish philosopher (died 1292)
- Pope Benedict XI (died 1304)
- Stephen V of Hungary (died 1272)
- Sigerus of Brabant, French theologian (died 1284)
- Albert the Degenerate, landgrave of Thuringia (approximate date; died 1314)
[edit] Deaths
- April 11 - Llywelyn the Great, King of Gwynedd
- Ibn Arabi, Andalusian Arab philosopher
- Jacques de Vitry, French historian and theologian (born c. 1180)
- William de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey (born 1166)
[edit] 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)af:1240
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