Events from the 1240sinEngland. Monarch – Henry III 1240 Dafydd ap Llywelyn, Prince of Wales, pays homage to King Henry III and agrees to arbitration...
The 1240s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1240, and ended on December 31, 1249. May 24 – Duke Skule Bårdsson, claimant to...
political leadership, and many also possessed estates in Wales and England. The 1240s saw major upheavals in land ownership due to deaths among the barons, enabling...
from the 1240sin the Kingdom of Scotland. Alexander II, 1214–1249 Alexander III, 1249–1286 13 May 1240 – The Church of Blackfriars is dedicated in Perth...
Norman invasions. In 1216 it was superseded by the title Principality of Wales, although the new title was not first used until the 1240s. The Principality...
transfer of the land wealth of indebted knights and others especially from the 1240s onwards, as the taxation placed on the Jews became unsustainably high. Leaders...
Events from the 1220s inEngland. Monarch – Henry III 1220 28 April – foundation stone of Salisbury Cathedral is laid. The cathedral is being relocated...
1260s inEngland. Monarch – Henry III 1260 Llywelyn ap Gruffudd attacks English forces in South Wales. 22 August – truce agreed between England and Wales...
1230s inEngland. Monarch – Henry III 1230 3 May – King Henry III leads an army to France, and marches on Bordeaux. October – Henry returns to England. Devotional...
Events from the 1250s inEngland. Monarch – Henry III 1250 1 October – A storm damages the port of Winchelsea. Gascons revolt against English governor...
the flag showing the plain cross was used alongside it in the 1240s. In 1348, Edward III of England chose George as the patron saint of his Order of the...
came from the Kingdom of England, the Plantagenets held court primarily on the continent at Angers in Anjou, and at Chinon in Touraine. The influence and...
is the other large Gothic church in the city that retains its original character. This was first begun in the 1240s, but that church was too small, and...
the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History: Between China and the Islamic World, Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University...
Starting in the 1240s, the Mongols made repeated invasions of Syria or attempts thereof. Most failed, but they did have some success in 1260 and 1300,...
fortifications in Norway. The fortress contains buildings dating as far back as the 1240s, as well as later constructions built as recently as World War II. The extent...
various city gates, but all are ineffective. In witness of the toll taken by war and fiscal pressure in the Kingdom of Castile, the region of Segovia...
until 1279. The earliest parts of the building that survive are from the 1240s, when the church is thought to have undergone a major expansion that included...
Maud de Prendergast, Irish noblewoman (d. 1272) June 25 – Beatrice of England, English princess (d. 1275) July 24 – Christina von Stommeln, German mystic...
cities of Scotland. The Kingdom of Scotland emerged in the 9th century. In 1603, James VI inherited England and Ireland, forming a personal union of the three...
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Scotland in the 6th century. In the following century, Irish missionaries introduced the previously pagan Picts to Celtic Christianity. Following England's Gregorian...
dynasty was founded by the Mongol warlord Kublai Khan in 1271 and conquered the Song dynasty in 1279. The Yuan dynasty lasted nearly a hundred years before...
appeared with the establishment of Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire in the 1240s. In 1284 the Principality of Gwynedd was divided into three counties: Anglesey...
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