1240
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| Decades: 1210s 1220s 1230s - 1240s - 1250s 1260s 1270s | |
| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century | |
Events
- Batu Khan and the Golden Horde sack the Ruthenian city of Kiev.
- Battle of Kirina: Mandinka prince Sundiata Keita defeats Sosso king Soumaoro Kanté, beginning the Mali Empire.
- July 15 - Battle of the Neva: Russian prince Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes, saving Russia from a full-scale enemy invasion from the North.
- The civil war era in Norway ends.
- Saint Maurice starts to be portrayed as a Moor.
Births
- Abulafia, Maltese Jewish philosopher (d. 1292)
- Pope Benedict XI (d. 1304)
- Stephen V of Hungary (d. 1272)
- Sigerus of Brabant, French theologian (d. 1284)
- Albert the Degenerate, landgrave of Thuringia (approximate date; d. 1314)
Deaths
- April 11 - Llywelyn the Great, King of Gwynedd
- Ibn Arabi, Andalusian Arab philosopher
- Jacques de Vitry, French historian and theologian (b. c. 1180)
- William de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey (b. 1166)
Monarchs
- 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)
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