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{{Year nav|1235}} {{Year in various calendars|1235}} {{Year article header|1235}} == Events == * The [[Normans]] invade [[Connacht]]. * [[St. Elizabeth of Hungary]] is [[canonized]] by [[Pope Gregory IX]]. She died on [[November 17]] [[1231]] at age 24, either from physical fatigue or from disease, in [[Marburg]]. * A general [[inquisition]] begins in France. * The [[Byzantine emperor]] [[John III Ducas Vatatzes]] and the [[Bulgarian tsar]] [[Ivan Asen II]] besiege [[Constantinople]] in an attempt to take it from its [[Latin Empire|Latin rulers]], [[John of Brienne]] and [[Baldwin II of Constantinople|Baldwin II]]. [[Angelo Sanudo]] successfully negotiates a two-year truce. * [[Sundiata Keita]]'s victory at the [[Battle of Kirina]] marks the beginning of the [[Mali Empire]]. * The [[Lancaster Royal Grammar School]] is founded. * [[Society of the Song Dynasty#Urban society and structural developments|A Chinese text]] of this year records that [[Hangzhou]] City, the capital of the [[Song 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. == Births == * [[Henry of Almain]], [[King of the Romans]] (died [[1271]]) * [[Pope Boniface VIII]] (approximate date; died [[1303]]) * [[Dafydd ap Gruffydd]], [[Prince of Wales]] (died [[1283]]) * [[Ramon Llull]], Catalan writer and philosopher (died [[1315]]) * [[Saint Rose of Viterbo]] (died [[1252]]) * [[Arnold of Villanova]], Spanish alchemist and physician (died [[1311]]) * [[Qian Xuan]], Chinese painter (d. [[1305]]) == Deaths == * [[January 14]] – [[Saint Sava]] of Serbia (born [[1175]]) * [[September 5]] – [[Henry I, Duke of Brabant]] (born [[1165]]) * [[October 26]] – [[Andrew II of Hungary]] (born [[1175]]) * Rabbi [[David Kimhi]], Biblical commentator (born [[1160]]) [[Category:1235| ]]