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1234 Year 1234 (MCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (full calendar displayed in the link) of the Julian calendar. 1234February 2011upright=1.35|thumb|Battle between Mongol warriors and Jin horsemen, during the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty from the Jami' al-tawarikh, by Rashid al-Din Hamadani 1234 Events By place Europe King Canute II of Sweden ("the Tall") dies after a five-year reign, perhaps of natural causes. His rival, Eric XI ("the Lisp and Lame"), returns as ruler of Sweden (possibly after a civil war between the two of them). King Andrew II of Hungary proclaims his son, Coloman of Galicia, as ruler (or ban) of Bosnia, who passes it on to Prijezda, a cousin of Matej Ninoslav, despite Matej being the legitimate ruler. Reconquista – King Sancho II of Portugal conquers the cities of Aljustrel and Mértola from the Moors.Picard Christophe Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique 2000 Maisonneuve & Larose Paris 2-7068-1398-9 110 Mongol Empire February 9 – Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: The Mongol army led by Ögedei Khan captures the Jin capital at Caizhou, after the two-month Siege of Caizhou). Emperor Aizong of Jin abdicates the throne to Wanyan Chenglin, a descendant of the Jin imperial clan. After the Mongol and Song forces have breached the city walls, Aizong tries to escape, but commits suicide to avoid being captured. This marks the end of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) ('Great Jin') in China.Beck, Sanderson. "Liao, Xi Xia, and Jin Dynasties 907–1234". China 7 BC to 1279. Africa The Manden region rises against the Kaniaga Kingdom. This is the beginning of a process that will lead to the rise of the Mali Empire.Reconstructing oral tradition: Souleymane Kanté's approach to writing Mande history David C. Conrad 2001 3 147–200 10.2979/mnd.2001.a873349 Mande Studies By topic Religion July 3 – Saint Dominic is canonized by Pope Gregory IX.Saint Dominic Jean Guiraud 1913 Duckworth https://archive.org/details/saintdominic00guirrich 178 November – Pope Gregory IX proclaims war on the city of Rome after a local revolt forces him into exile.Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History, p. 138. 0-304-35730-8. He issues the papal bull Rachel suum videns, calling for a new crusade to the Holy Land.https://books.google.com/books?id=Jt61CwAAQBAJ Infirmity in Antiquity and the Middle Ages Christian Krötzl Jenni Kuuliala Katariina Mustakallio 108 March 9, 2016 Taylor & Francis 9781317116950 Lund Cathedral in Sweden is heavily damaged in a catastrophic fire. Large donations are made to the church, to rebuild the cathedral.Karlsson Lennart Lindgren Mereth 1995 Signums svenska konsthistoria. Den romanska konsten Signum's history of Swedish art. Romanesque art Stenarkitekturen The stone architecture sv Lund Signum 299–335 91-87896-23-0 Births February 27 – Abaqa Khan, Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate (d. 1282) Christina of Norway, Infanta of Castile, princess (d. 1262) Kaliman I, emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria (d. 1246) Conrad of Ascoli, Italian friar and missionary (d. 1289) Ippen (or Zuien), Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 1289) Manuel of Castile, Spanish prince (infante) (d. 1283) Margaret of Holland, Dutch noblewoman (d. 1276) Ou Shizi, Chinese Confucian scholar (d. 1324) Deaths January 7 – Robert of Auvergne, bishop of Clermont February 9 Aizong of Jin, Chinese emperor (b. 1198) Mo of Jin (or Hudun), Chinese emperor April 7 – Sancho VII ("the Strong"), king of Navarre April 16 – Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, English nobleman (b. 1191) May 7 – Otto I, Duke of Merania, German nobleman and knight (b. 1180) June 18 – Chūkyō, emperor (tennō) of Japan (b. 1218) July 19 – Floris IV, Count of Holland, Dutch nobleman and knight (b. 1210) July 29 – William Pinchon, French prelate and bishop August 7 – Hugh Foliot, bishop of Hereford (b. 1155) August 31 – Go-Horikawa, emperor of Japan (b. 1212) September 6 – Milo of Nanteuil, bishop of Beauvais September 26 – Eudes II, Lord of Ham, French nobleman November 8 – Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, Arab historian (b. 1145) Abu Muhammad Salih al-Majiri, Almohad Sufi leader (b. 1155) Alan of Galloway, Scottish nobleman Canute II ("the Tall"), king of Sweden (House of Folkung) Dalfi d'Alvernha, Count of Clermont and Montferrand, French nobleman, troubador and patron of the arts (b. c. 1150) Helen of Galloway, Scottish noblewoman and heiress Hugh de Neville, English Chief Forester and sheriff Ibn al-Farid, Arab poet, writer and philosopher (b. 1181) Minamoto no Ienaga, Japanese waka poet (b. 1170) Nasir ad-Din Mahmud II, Zengid ruler Pacificus, Italian-born friar and poet Renard II of Dampierre-en-Astenois (or Renaud), French nobleman and knight Rhys Gryg (Rhys ap Rhys), Welsh prince of Deheubarth Robert III, Count of Dreux ("Gasteblé"), French nobleman (b. 1185) Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, Persian Sufi scholar (b. 1145) William of Andres, French abbot and historian Zhang Yuansu, Chinese physician and writer References