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Events

* February 9 — Song Dynasty Chinese and Mongolian armies occupy the Jurchen capital at Caizhou, marking the collapse of the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234).
* Mali begins a revolt against its oppressors.
* Saint Dominic is canonized.
* Pope Gregory IX calls for a crusade against Bosnia, and replaces the Bogumil Bosnian Bishop with a Catholic Dominican German, "Johann".
* Pope Gregory IX releases the "Nova Compilatio Decretalium".
* King Andrew II of Hungary proclaims herzeg "Coloman" as Ban of Bosnia, who passes it on to Prijezda, a cousin of Ban Matej Ninoslav ("1234" to 1239), despite Matej being the legitimate Ban of Bosnia.

Births

* Abaqa Khan, Mongol emperor of Persia (d. 1282)
* Imam Nawawi Prominent Muslim Scholar

Deaths

* April 16 - Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (dob. unknown)
* June 18 - Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (b. 1218)
* August 31 - Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212)
* Alan, Lord of Galloway
* Stefan Radoslav, King of Serbia (b. 1192)

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)
* Navarre - Sancho VII the Strong King of Navarre (reigned from 1194 to 1234)