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A drawing of the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty. The Dynasty collapsed in 1234.
This article is about the year 1234. For other uses, see 1234 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1200s 1210s 1220s – 1230s – 1240s 1250s 1260s |
| Years: | 1231 1232 1233 – 1234 – 1235 1236 1237 |
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| 1234 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1234 MCCXXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1987 |
| Armenian calendar | 683 ԹՎ ՈՁԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5984 |
| Bengali calendar | 641 |
| Berber calendar | 2184 |
| English Regnal year | 18 Hen. 3 – 19 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1778 |
| Burmese calendar | 596 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6742–6743 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3930 or 3870 — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3931 or 3871 |
| Coptic calendar | 950–951 |
| Discordian calendar | 2400 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1226–1227 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4994–4995 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1290–1291 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1156–1157 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4335–4336 |
| Holocene calendar | 11234 |
| Igbo calendar | 234–235 |
| Iranian calendar | 612–613 |
| Islamic calendar | 631–632 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenpuku 2 / Bunryaku 1 (文暦元年) |
| Julian calendar | 1234 MCCXXXIV |
| Korean calendar | 3567 |
| Minguo calendar | 678 before ROC 民前678年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1776–1777 |
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Year 1234 (MCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
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.
Asia
- February 9 – Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: In the Siege of Caizhou, Song Dynasty Chinese and Mongolian armies occupy the Jurchen capital at Caizhou and the Emperor Aizong of Jin commits suicide, marking the collapse of the Jin dynasty.
Europe
- Upon the death of Knut Långe, the deposed Erik Eriksson returns as king of Sweden, possibly after a small war between the two of them. It is also possible that Knut dies of natural causes and Erik peacefully then returns as king.
- Pope Gregory IX calls for a crusade against Bosnia, and replaces the Bogumil Bosnian Bishop with a Catholic Dominican German, Johann.
- 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.
- Sancho II of Portugal conquers the cities of Aljustrel and Mértola over the Muslims.[1]
By topic
- Saint Dominic is canonized.
- Pope Gregory IX releases the Nova Compilatio Decretalium or Decretales Gregorii IX.
Births
- Abaqa Khan, Mongol emperor of Persia (d. 1282)
- Imam Fauziah Nawawi, prominent Muslim scholar
Deaths
- April 16 – Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (b. 1191)
- 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)
- Knut Långe, usurper to the Swedish throne since 1229
References
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