1240 to 12491240x - "Artusfahrt" of Ulrich von Lichtenstein.
x - The Ordene de chevalerie written. u.1250
1241x - 80 knights suffocated at tournament at Neuss.
x - Korea Metal type.
apr 09 - In the Battle of Liegnitz and Mohi, Mongol armies defeat the Poles and Germans including Hospitallers, Templars, and Teutonic Knights +.
1242x - Italy The city wall of Montagnana were built.
x - Alexander Nevsky defeats Teutonic Knights.
x - Muslims + recapture Jerusalem
apr 05 - Russians under Alexander Nevsky defeat the Teutonic Knights on Lake Peipus
oct 31 - Innocent IV transferred the Hospital of St. James to the Templars
1243jun 26 - The Seljuk Turkish army in Asia Minor was wiped out by the Mongols.
1244x - Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi met Shams of Tabriz, a wandering dervish, and the two became mystical companions.u.1248
x - Jerusalem +¢ sacked by Tartars.
x - The Cathars, a group of Catholic heretics, settled at Montsegur, France ?, in the Ariege region. They were besieged for more than a year and chose to burn at the stake rather than submit. Occitania was the ancient name for this region.
aug 23 - Turks expelled the crusaders under Frederick II from Jerusalem.
oct 17 - The Sixth Crusade ended when an Egyptian-Khwarismian force almost annihilated the Frankish army at Gaza.
1245x - The Rheinfels Castle above St. Goar was erected by Count Diether III of Katzenelbogen to enforce a new toll on the Rhine. His family was responsible for many of the Rhine castles.
x - Thomas Aquinas * was sent to Paris where he enrolled as a student of Albertus Magnus to study theology, philosophy, and history.
x - John of Plano Carpini was a Franciscan monk who set out on the instructions of Pope Innocent IV to gather intelligence. He was met by Mongol horseman and was brought to witness the enthronement of Guyuk Khan. He experienced a sudden hailstorm followed by a flash flood that killed 160 people.
x - Flanders Cottage weavers went on strike against cloth merchants.
jun 27 - Frederick II of France was deposed by a council at Lyons, which found him guilty of sacrilege.
1246x - Ste Chapelle built by Louis IX u.1248
x - The Spanish island of Mallorca was occupied by the Arabs
may 22 - Henry Raspe was elected anti-king by the Rhenish prelates in France.
1248x - Sainte Chapelle in Paris was completed and commissioned by Louis IX to contain what was believed to be Christ's crown of thorns.
x - Wales Carreg Cennen, a castle on a hilltop above Trapp, was built as a Welsh stronghold.
x - King Louis IX departed for the Holy Land on the Seventh Crusade
nov 23 - Seville surrenders to Ferdinand III of Castile after a two-year siege.
1249x - Louis IX captures Damietta on Seventh Crusade.
jun - Louis IX reached Damietta
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