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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

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

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. Harderwijk (Netherlands) becomes a city

    Harderwijk (Netherlands) becomes a city

  4. 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

  5. Japanese legal code Goseibai Shikimoku or the Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki

    Japanese legal code Goseibai Shikimoku or the Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki

Events After

  1. 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

  2. English King Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence

    English King Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence

  3. 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...

  4. Treaty of York is signed between Kings Henry III of England and Alexander II of Scotland, establishing a boundary betwee

    Treaty of York is signed between Kings Henry III of England and Alexander II of Scotland, establishing a boundary between the two countries that remains mostly unchanged in modern times

  5. Battle of Cortenuova: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II defeats the Second Lombard League

    The Battle of Cortenuova (sometimes spelled Cortenova) was fought on 27 November 1237 in the course of the Guelphs and Ghibellines Wars: in it, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II defeated the Second...

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