1241
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| Years: 1238 1239 1240 - 1241 - 1242 1243 1244 |
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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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| 1241 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Art and literature | |
| 1241 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1241 MCCXLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1994 |
| Armenian calendar | 690 ԹՎ ՈՂ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -603 – -602 |
| Berber calendar | 2191 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1785 |
| Burmese calendar | 603 |
| Chinese calendar | 3877/3937-12-18 (庚子年十二月十八日) — to —
3878/3938-11-28(辛丑年十一月廿八日) |
| Coptic calendar | 957 – 958 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1233 – 1234 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5001 – 5002 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1296 – 1297 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1163 – 1164 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4342 – 4343 |
| Holocene calendar | 11241 |
| Iranian calendar | 619 – 620 |
| Islamic calendar | 638 – 639 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3574 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1784 |
[edit] Events
- March 18 - Battle of Chmielnick: The Mongols defeat a feudal Polish army.
- April 9 - Battle of Liegnitz: The Mongols under the command of Baidar, Kadan and Orda Khan, defeat the feudal Polish nobility, including the Knights Templar.
- April 11 - Battle of Mohi: Batu Khan and Subutai defeat Béla IV of Hungary.
- April 27 - Battle of Sajo: The Mongols defeat Bela IV of Hungary.
- October 25 - Pope Celestine IV succeeds Pope Gregory IX as the 179th pope.
- Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic saga writer, is murdered by Gissur Þorvaldsson, an emissary of King Haakon IV of Norway.
- Emperor Lizong of Song China accepts the Neo-Confucian teachings of the late Zhu Xi, including his commentary on the Four Books. This will have an impact upon the philosophical schools of surrounding countries as well, including Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.
[edit] Births
- September 4 - King Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)
- Eleanor of Castile, queen of Edward I of England (d. 1290)
[edit] Deaths
- April 9 - King Henry II of Poland
- June 24 - Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria
- August 10 - Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (b. c. 1184)
- August 22 - Pope Gregory IX
- September 23 - Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet and politician (b. 1178)
- September 26 - Fujiwara no Teika, Japanese poet
- November 10 - Pope Celestine IV
- December 1 - Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)
- Bernardo di Quintavalle
- Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany
- Mary, Countess of Blois (b. 1200)
- Ögedei Khan
- Valdemar II of Denmark (b. 1170)
