1238

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Years: 1235 1236 1237 - 1238 - 1239 1240 1241

Decades: 1200s 1210s 1220s - 1230s - 1240s 1250s 1260s

Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Events

• In the Iberian peninsula, James I of Aragon captures the city of Valencia September 28 from the Moors; the Moors retreat to Granada.
• Mongols seize Moscow, at that time a small town.
• Peterborough Cathedral is consecrated.
• The Khmers are expelled from Luang Phrabang in Laos.
• The Sukhothai kingdom is founded in Thailand.
• The seat of the patriarchate of Aquileia is transferred to Udine.
• Simon de Montfort marries Eleanor, sister of Henry III of England.

Births

• Nizamuddin Auliya, Indian Sufi saint ( died 1325)
• Theobald V of Champagne (approximate date; died 1270)
• Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (died 1302)
• Meinhard II of Gorizia-Tyrol (died 1295)
• Shri Madhvacharya, Vaishnavite saint and founder of Dvaita school ( year he left for Upper Badari 1317)
• Henry de Montfort, son of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (died 1265)

Deaths

• March 4 - Joan of England, queen of Alexander II of Scotland (born 1210)
• March 19 - Duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163)
• Al-Kamil, Ayyubid sultan of Egypt
• Hugh le Despenser I, English nobleman
• Yuri II, grand prince of Vladimir (born 1189)
• Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchester