- 1235
Events
* The
Normans invadeConnacht .
*St. Elizabeth of Hungary iscanonized byPope Gregory IX (See1231 ).
* A generalinquisition begins in France.
* TheByzantine emperor John III Ducas Vatatzes and theBulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II besiegeConstantinople in an attempt to take it from its Latin rulers,John of Brienne and Baldwin II.Angelo Sanudo successfully negotiates a 2-year truce.
* TheLancaster Royal Grammar School is founded.
* A Chinese text of this year records thatHangzhou City, the capital of theSong Dynasty , held various social clubs that included a West Lake Poetry Club, the Buddhist Tea Society, the Physical Fitness Club, the Anglers' Club, the Occult Club, the Young Girls' Chorus, the Exotic Foods Club, the Plants and Fruits Club, the Antique Collectors' Club, the Horse-Lovers' Club, and the Refined Music Society.
* PrinceSogolon Djata leads the Mandinka to victory at theBattle of Kirina against theSusu marking the birth of theMali Empire .Births
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Henry of Almain ,King of the Romans (d.1271 )
*Pope Boniface VIII (approximate date; d.1303 )
*Dafydd ap Gruffydd ,Prince of Wales (d.1283 )
*Ramon Llull , Catalan writer and philosopher (d.1315 )
*Saint Rose of Viterbo (d.1252 )
*Arnold of Villanova , Spanish alchemist and physician (d.1311 )
*Qian Xuan , Chinese painter (d.1305 )Deaths
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January 14 -Saint Sava of Serbia (b.1175 )
*September 5 -Henry I, Duke of Brabant (b.1165 )
*October 26 -Andrew II of Hungary (b.1175 )
* RabbiDavid Kimhi , Biblical commentator (b.1160 )
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