1242

1242 (MCCXLII) was a common year beginning on a Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

• April 5 - Alexander Nevski, national hero and holy Russian, beats the Teutonic Order.
• Emperor Go-Saga ascends to the throne Japan.
• Batu Kan establishes the capital of the Golden Horde in Sarai.
• Cléveris, in Germany, is recognized as a city.
• Kiel, in Germany, is recognized as a city.
• The diocese in Warmia, Poland is created.
• The Archbishop of Wiesbaden conquered the city of the Duke of Nassau.
• Mongols invade the seljucidal sultanate.
• Germans arrive in Bratislava after the Mongols went to conquer the city.
• The Mongols of the Golden Horde devastate Bulgaria, and force it to pay tribute to them
• Chronology of medicine and medical technology: Ibn Nafis suggests that the right and left ventricles of the heart are separated and the lowest blood circulation is described.
• A French goldsmith in Budapest named Guillaume Boucher is captured by the Mongols and taken to Karakorum

Births

• 15 December - Prince Munetaka, Japanese Shogun (Death 1274)
• Patrick Dunbar, 7th Earl of Dunbar (Death 1289)
• Jorge Paquimeres, Byzantine historian
• Beatriz de Castilla (1242–1303), Mrs. Alfonso III of Portugal

Deaths

• February 10 - Japan's Shijō Emperor (born in 1231)
• March 26 - William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
• September 7 - Constanza de León, daughter of Alfonso IX de León and Queen Berenguela de Castilla.
• October 7 - Emperor of Japan (born in 1197)
• Archambaud VIII of Borbon
• Hōjō Yasutoki, regent of Japan (b. 1183)

Kings

• Aragón - Jaime I Reyes de Aragón y conde de Barcelona (reinó de 1213 en 1276)
• Castile - Fernando III, the Holy King of Castile and Leon (reinó de 1217 de 1252)