1230
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1200s 1210s 1220s – 1230s – 1240s 1250s 1260s |
| Years: | 1227 1228 1229 – 1230 – 1231 1232 1233 |
Events
By area
Africa
- Sundiata starts to rule in Mali (approximate date).
- In the West African village of Siby, Sundiata Keita, founder of the Mali Empire, forces the Malinkés to bind themselves to each other by oath.
Europe
- March 9 – Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus near the village of Klokotnitsa.
- Iberian Peninsula: Alphonso IX defeats Ibn Hud al-Yamani (known as almogàver by the Christians) at the battle of Alange. This success opens the road to Badajoz to the Leonese troops.[1] The Portuguese king Sancho II continues his offensive southward and takes Beja, Juromenha, Serpa and Moura.[2]
- September 24 – The Kingdoms of León and Galicia unite with the Kingdoms of Castile and Toledo under Ferdinand III.
- The Teutonic Knights are invited into Prussia to forcibly convert the Prussians and Yatvags to Christianity.
By topic
Arts
- The Carmina Burana poetry and song collection is created (approximate date).[3]
Births
- Eudes of Burgundy (d. 1266)
- Hu Sansheng, Chinese historian (d. 1302)
Deaths
- May 2 – William de Braose (hanged)
- July 28 – Duke Leopold VI of Austria (b. 1176)
- September 23 – Alfonso IX of Leon (b. 1171)
- October 25 – Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 1180)
- December 15 – Otakar I of Bohemia
- December 23 – Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England
- Xia Gui, Chinese painter (b. c. 1180) (approximate date).
1230 Media
Map of the Battle of Klokotnitsa (1230)
References
- ↑ Peter Linehan (1999). "Chapter 21: Castile, Portugal and Navarre". In David Abulafia (ed.). The New Cambridge Medieval History c.1198-c.1300. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 668–699. ISBN 0-521-36289-X.
- ↑ Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle). L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 110. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.
- ↑ Carmina Burana. Die Lieder der Benediktbeurer Handschrift. Zweisprachige Ausgabe, hg. u. übers. v. Carl Fischer und Hugo Kuhn, dtv, München 1991; wenn man dagegen z. B. CB 211 und 211a jeweils als zwei Lieder zählt, kommt man auf insgesamt 315 Texte in der Sammlung, so auch Dieter Schaller, Carmina Burana, in: Lexikon des Mittelalters, Bd. 2, Artemis Verlag, München und Zürich 1983, Sp. 1513