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Mongol army under General Subedei begins the siege of Chinese Jin capital of Kaifeng - 1st occasion gunpowder used in a

Mongol army under General Subedei begins the siege of Chinese Jin capital of Kaifeng - 1st occasion gunpowder used in a major engagement

Mongol army under General Subedei begins the siege of Chinese Jin capital of Kaifeng - 1st occasion gunpowder used in a major engagement

Events Before

  1. Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus near the village of Klokotnitsa

    The Battle of Klokotnitsa occurred on 9 March 1230 near the village of Klokotnitsa (today in Haskovo Province, Bulgaria) between the Second Bulgarian Empire and the Empire of Thessalonica.

  2. William de Braose, 10th Baron Abergavenny is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great

    William de Braose (1197 – 2 May 1230) was the son of Reginald de Braose by his first wife, Grecia Briwere.

  3. Treaty of San Germano between Emperor Frederick II and Pope Gregory IX

    The Treaty of San Germano was signed on 23 July 1230 at San Germano, present-day Cassino, ending the War of the Keys that had begun in 1228.

  4. Bishop Willebrand of Utrecht grants Swells state justice

    Bishop Willebrand of Utrecht grants Swells state justice

  5. Harderwijk (Netherlands) becomes a city

    Harderwijk (Netherlands) becomes a city

Events After

  1. Chinese city of Kaifeng, capital of the Jurchen Jin dynasty, surrenders to the Mongols under General Subedei after a sie

    Chinese city of Kaifeng, capital of the Jurchen Jin dynasty, surrenders to the Mongols under General Subedei after a siege of more than a year

  2. Otto II, Count of Guelders grants Arnhem the status of a city, it had previously belonged to the abbey of Prüm

    Otto II, Count of Guelders grants Arnhem the status of a city, it had previously belonged to the abbey of Prüm

  3. Mongol army takes the Jin city of Caizhou, last holdout of Jin Emperor Ai-Tsung, who commits suicide rather than be capt

    Mongol army takes the Jin city of Caizhou, last holdout of Jin Emperor Ai-Tsung, who commits suicide rather than be captured

  4. English King Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence

    English King Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence

  5. Lithuanians and Semigallians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the Battle of Šiauliai

    The Battle of Saule (Lithuanian: Saulės mūšis / Šiaulių mūšis; German: Schlacht von Schaulen; Latvian: Saules kauja) was fought on 22 September 1236, between the Livonian Brothers of the Sword and...

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