What is 1240s?
{{noreference}} {{decadebox|124}} The '''1240s''' was a decade that began on 1 January 1240 and ended on 31 December 1249. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''''125th decade''''' which began on January 1, 1241. and ended on December 31, 1250. == Events == * [[Batu Khan]] and the [[Golden Horde]] sack the [[Kievan Rus'|Ruthenian]] city of [[Kiev]]. * [[Mandinka people|Mandinka]] prince [[Sundiata Keita]] defeats [[Sosso]] king [[Soumaoro Kanté]] at the [[Battle of Kirina]], beginning the [[Mali Empire]]. * [[July 15]] [[1240]] – [[Russians|Russian]] [[prince]] [[Alexander Nevsky]] defeats the [[Sweden|Swedes]] in the [[Battle of the Neva]], saving Russia from a full-scale enemy invasion from the North. * End of the [[civil war]] era in [[Norway]]. * [[Saint Maurice]] is started to be portrayed as [[Moor]]. * [[April 5]] [[1241]] – [[Mongols]] of [[Golden Horde]] under the command of [[Subotai]] defeat feudal Polish nobility, including [[Knights Templar]], in the [[battle of Legnica|battle of Liegnitz]] * [[April 27]] [[1241]] – [[Mongols]] defeat [[Bela IV of Hungary]] in the [[battle of Sajo]]. == Births == * [[Abulafia]], Maltese Jewish philosopher (died [[1292]]) * [[Pope Benedict XI]] (died [[1304]]) * [[Stephen V of Hungary]] (died [[1272]]) * [[Sigerus of Brabant]], French theologian (died [[1284]]) * [[Albert the Degenerate]], landgrave of Thuringia (approximate date; died [[1314]]) == Deaths == * [[April 11]] [[1240]] – [[Llywelyn the Great]], [[King of Gwynedd]] * [[Ibn Arabi]], Andalusian Arab philosopher * [[Jacques de Vitry]], French historian and theologian (born c. [[1180]]) * [[William de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey]] (born [[1166]]) [[Category:1240s| ]]