1238
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| Years: 1235 1236 1237 - 1238 - 1239 1240 1241 |
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| Decades: 1200s 1210s 1220s - 1230s - 1240s 1250s 1260s |
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| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century |
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| 1238 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1238 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1238 MCCXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1991 |
| Armenian calendar | 687 ԹՎ ՈՁԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -606 – -605 |
| Berber calendar | 2188 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1782 |
| Burmese calendar | 600 |
| Chinese calendar | 3874/3934-12-14 (丁酉年十二月十四日) — to —
3875/3935-11-24(戊戌年十一月廿四日) |
| Coptic calendar | 954 – 955 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1230 – 1231 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4998 – 4999 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1293 – 1294 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1160 – 1161 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4339 – 4340 |
| Holocene calendar | 11238 |
| Iranian calendar | 616 – 617 |
| Islamic calendar | 635 – 636 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3571 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1781 |
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[edit] Events
[edit] Europe
- March 4 - Mongol invasion of Rus - Battle of the Sit River: The Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan defeat the Rus' under Yuri Vsevolodovich of Vladimir-Suzdal.
- August 21 - Battle of Örlygsstaðir: Sighvatur Sturluson and Sturla Sighvatsson defeat Kolbeinn ungi Arnorsson and Gissur Thorvaldsson for control of Iceland.
- September 28 - James I of Aragon captures the city of Valencia from the Moors, who retreat to Granada.
- The seat of the patriarchate of Aquileia is transferred to Udine.
- Simon de Montfort marries Eleanor, sister of Henry III of England.
- The Mongols seize Moscow, at the time a small town.
- Peterborough Cathedral is consecrated.
[edit] Asia
- The Khmers are expelled from Luang Phrabang in Laos.
- The Sukhothai kingdom is founded in Thailand.
[edit] Births
- Nizamuddin Auliya, Indian Sufi saint (d. 1325)
- Theobald V of Champagne (approximate date; d. 1270)
- Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1302)
- Meinhard II of Gorizia-Tyrol (d. 1295)
- Shri Madhvacharya, Vaishnavite saint and founder of the Dvaita School (d. 1317)
- Henry de Montfort, son of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (d. 1265)
- Magnus Lagabøte, king of Norway (d. 1280)
[edit] Deaths
- March 4 - Joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (b. 1210)
- March 4 - Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich of Vladimir-Suzdalia (b. 1189)
- March 19 - Duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163)
- Al-Kamil, Ayyubid sultan of Egypt
- Hugh le Despenser I, English nobleman
- Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchester
