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| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century | |
Events
- Temüjin is proclaimed Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, founding the Mongol Empire.
- Qutb ud-Din proclaims the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.
- The Arab engineer al-Jazari describes many mechanical inventions in his book (title translated to English) The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices.
- The Livonian Brothers of the Sword, in alliance with the Semigallians, conquer Livs.
- King Valdemar II and Archbishop Andreas Sunonis raid Saaremaa Island, Estonia, forcing the islanders to submit. The Danes build a fortress, but finding no volunteers to man it, they burn it down themselves and leave the island.
- Mukhali is appointed myriarch of the left wing of the newly reorganized Mongol army, and granted immunity for up to 9 breaches of the law.
- Theodore Lascaris is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Nicaea.
- Colchester Royal Grammar School founded.
Births
Deaths
- Ikhtiyar al-Din Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, founder of Muslim rule in Bengal
- April 7 - Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine
- June 4 - Adèle of Champagne, queen of Louis VII of France and regent of France
- Muhammad of Ghor, Persian conqueror and sultan (b. 1162)
- Jamuqa, Mongol military and political leader
- Yang Wanli, Chinese poet (b. 1127)
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