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1239
Year
1239
was a
common year starting on Saturday
of the
Julian calendar
.
Events
March 20
-
Pope Gregory IX
excommunicates
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
.
November
-
The Pope
grants the status of
Crusade
, to
the king
of Castile's ongoing invasion of the Muslim kingdom of
Murcia
.
Frederick II,
Holy Roman Emperor
conducts the
Siege of Faenza
.
The main tower of
Lincoln Cathedral
in
England
collapses.
Netley Abbey
is founded in England.
The
Mongol invasion of Rus
is
in progress
, bringing with it a pandemic of
rinderpest
.
Births
June 17
or
June 18
-
King Edward I of England
December 17
-
Kujō Yoritsugu
, Japanese
shōgun
Peter III of Aragon
Constance of Aragon, Lady of Villena
, princess
John II, Duke of Brittany
Deaths
March 3
-
Vladimir IV Rurikovich
,
Grand Prince of Kiev
March 20 -
Hermann von Salza
, fourth
Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
March 28
-
Emperor Go-Toba of Japan
Irene Laskarina
,
empress consort
of Nicaea
Cormac mac Art O Melaghlain
,
King of Meath