1241 - Article Index

Article - Law Of Attraction: The Ultimate Guide To The Law Of Attraction
What is the Law of Attraction? Law of attraction has many different labels, "Success consciousness", "Law of Magnetism&...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1241: Encyclopedia - 1241
1241 - Events. April 5 - Mongols of Golden Horde under the command of Subotai defeat feudal Polish nobility, including Knights Templar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1214: Encyclopedia - 1214
1214 - Events. Simon Apulia becomes Bishop of Exeter. July 27 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of Eng...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1232: Encyclopedia - 1232
1232 - Births. Arnolfo di Cambio, Florentine architect (died 1310) Manfred of Sicily (approximate date; died 1266) Bernard Saisset, Oc...   » Read the article

Article - Budapest
Location of Budapest in Hungary Budapest (pronounced ['budɒˌpɛʃt]) is the capital city of Hungary and the country's principal politi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Béla Iv Of Hungary: Encyclopedia - Béla Iv Of Hungary
Béla IV (1206-1270) was the king of Hungary between 1235 and 1270. Béla was the son of King András II and Gertrude of Meran. His mothe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Muhi: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Muhi
The Battle of Muhi was fought on April 11, 1241 between Hungary and the Mongols. The King of Hungary, Béla IV, had summoned a council of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basilica Of Saint Paul Outside The Walls: Encyclopedia - Basilica Of Saint Paul Outside The Walls
Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura — also known in English as the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls — is one of five churches...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Liegnitz: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Liegnitz
Two military engagements are known as the Battle of Liegnitz after the town of Liegnitz, today Legnica, in south-western Poland: The Bat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 11: Encyclopedia - April 11
April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). There are 264 days remaining. April 11 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mongols: Encyclopedia - Mongols
The Mongols are an ethnic group that originated in what is now Mongolia, Russia, and China, particularly Inner Mongolia. They currently n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magyars: Encyclopedia - Magyars
Romania:    1,431,807 (2002) Slovakia:    520,528 (2001) Serbia and Montenegro:    293,299 (2002) Ukraine: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hungary: Encyclopedia - Hungary
The Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság listen ▶ (help·info)), or Hungary (Magyarország listen ▶ (help·info)), is a landloc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal Conclave: Encyclopedia - Papal Conclave
A papal election is the method by which the Roman Catholic Church fills the office of Bishop of Rome, whose incumbent is known as the Pop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1280s: Encyclopedia - 1280s
1240s 1250s 1260s - 1270s - 1280s 1290s 1300s 1280 1281 1282 1283 1284 1285 1286 1287 1288 1289 The 1280s is the decade starting January ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Milan: Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Milan
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. It is led by the Archbishop of Mila...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bessarabia: Encyclopedia - Bessarabia
Bessarabia or Bessarabiya (Basarabia in Romanian, Besarabya in Turkish) was the name by which the Imperial Russia designated the eastern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1290: Encyclopedia - 1290
For broader historical context, see 1290s and 13th century. 1290 - Events. 1290 - Europe. March 1 - The University of Coimbra is foun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 22: Encyclopedia - August 22
August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. August 22 - Events. 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wrocław: Encyclopedia - Wrocław
Wrocław, ([:vrɔʦwaf], German Breslau, Czech Vratislav, Latin Wratislavia; many Polish documents in English use the spelling Wroclaw) i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yarkand: Encyclopedia - Yarkand
Yarkand (modern Chinese name 叶城, pinyin: Yèchéng, also Chokkuka, anciently Suoju 莎車, also written Shache and Suoche; 37°52′N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chauhan: Encyclopedia - Chauhan
The Chauhans or Chahamana are a clan who ruled parts of northern India in the Middle Ages.The Chauhan gotra is found among the Jats,Rajpu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genghis Khan: Encyclopedia - Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan ▶ (help·info) (c. 11621–August 18, 1227) (Cyrillic: Чингис Хаан), (also spelled as Chinggis Khan, Jenghis Kha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cooling Kent: Encyclopedia - Cooling Kent
Cooling is a village and civil parish on the Hoo Peninsula, overlooking the North Kent Marshes. According to the 2001 census the parish h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danylo Of Halych: Encyclopedia - Danylo Of Halych
Danylo of Galicia (Ukrainian: Данило Галицький, Danylo Halyts’kyi), (1201-1264) was the 1st King of Galicia, Knyaz of H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valdemar Ii Of Denmark: Encyclopedia - Valdemar Ii Of Denmark
Valdemar II (1170–1241), called Valdemar the Conqueror or Valdemar the Victorious, was the King of Denmark from 1202 until 1241. He was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chagatai Khanate: Encyclopedia - Chagatai Khanate
Chagatai Khan (alternative spellings Chagata, Chugta, Chagta, Djagatai, Jagatai), a son of Genghis Khan (1206—1227), controlled the par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carpathian Germans: Encyclopedia - Carpathian Germans
Carpathian Germans (German: Karpatendeutsche, Slovak: karpatskí Nemci), sometimes simply called Slovak Germans (German: Slowakeideutsche...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Budapest: Encyclopedia - Budapest
Location of Budapest in Hungary Budapest (pronounced ['budɒˌpɛʃt]) is the capital city of Hungary and the country's principal politi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bolesław V The Chaste: Encyclopedia - Bolesław V The Chaste
Boleslaus the Chaste or the Shy (Polish: Bolesław Wstydliwy) (21 June 1226 O.S. – 7 December 1279 O.S.) was the son of Leszek the Whit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bulgarian Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia - Bulgarian Orthodox Church
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church with some 6.5 million members in the Republic of Bulgaria and b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bundi: Encyclopedia - Bundi
Bundi is a city of approximately 74,000 inhabitants in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state in northwest India. It is of particular archi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohemia: Encyclopedia - Bohemia
Bohemia (Czech: Čechy; German: Böhmen, Russian: Bogemiya) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuan Dynasty: Encyclopedia - Yuan Dynasty
The Yuan Dynasty (Mongolian: Dai Ön Yeke Mongghul Ulus; Chinese: 元朝 or 大元帝國) lasting officially from 1271 to 1368, also call...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1178: Encyclopedia - 1178
1178 - Events. June 18 - Five Canterbury monks see what was possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed The Sung Document written ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1184: Encyclopedia - 1184
1184 - Births. Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (approximate date; died 1241) Saadi, Iranian poet (died 1291) 1184 - Deaths. Yusuf I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1170: Encyclopedia - 1170
1170 - Events. December 29: Assassination of Thomas Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury, in Canterbury cathedral City of Dublin captured...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1145: Encyclopedia - 1145
1145 - Events. Pope Lucius II is succeeded by Pope Eugenius III Pope Eugenius III issues Quantum praedecessores, calling for the Secon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1143: Encyclopedia - 1143
1143 - Events. Celestine II is elected pope. October 5 - Portugal is recognized by the Kingdom of Leon as an independent kingdom altho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1257: Encyclopedia - 1257
For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. 1257 - Events. Robert de Sorbon founds the Collège de Sorbonne at Paris, g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1276: Encyclopedia - 1276
For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. 1276 - Events. February - The court of the Southern Song Dynasty of China ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guan: Encyclopedia - Guan
Guan(ch 關, 関, 关) is a Chinese family name rendered in Cantonese as Kwan. Several English spellings also exist, such as Quan, Quon, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Printing: Encyclopedia - Printing
Printing is a process for production of texts and images, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Batu Khan: Encyclopedia - Batu Khan
Batu Khan (Russian: Batyi, Батый) (c. 1205 - 1255) was a Mongol ruler, founder of the Kipchak Khanate. The term "Kipchak" came from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustinians: Encyclopedia - Augustinians
The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430), are several Roman Catholic monastic orders and congregations of bot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 9: Encyclopedia - April 9
April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). There are 266 days remaining. April 9 - Events. 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ögedei Khan: Encyclopedia - Ögedei Khan
Ögedei, (also Ögädäi, Ögedäi, Ogotai, etc.) (1186-1241), was the third son of Genghis Khan. He succeeded his father to rule as the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Filioque Clause: Encyclopedia - Filioque Clause
In Christian theology the filioque clause or filioque controversy (filioque meaning "and the Son") is a disputed part of the Nicene Creed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karakorum Palace: Encyclopedia Ii - Karakorum Palace - Political History
The powerful Mongol leader "Chingis Khan," or "Universal Ruler," settled in this region sometime around 1220 and made it a command post f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halych: Encyclopedia Ii - Halych - Old Halych
Written mention of Halych by Slavic chronicles dates back to 1138. Most comprehensive records about Halych are found in the Hypatian Code...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Ii Duke Of Brabant: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Ii Duke Of Brabant - Family And Children
His first marriage was to Marie of Hohenstaufen (1201–1235, Leuven), daughter of Philip of Swabia, by whom he had six children: Henry ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Bratislava: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Bratislava - 20th Century
History of Bratislava - 21st century. 2003: the millionth car is produced at Volkswagen Bratislava; the factory produces the models To...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Song Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Song Dynasty - Arts Culture And Economy
The founders of the Song dynasty built an effective centralized bureaucracy staffed with civilian scholar-officials. Regional military go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oradea: Encyclopedia Ii - Oradea - History
Main article: History of Oradea Oradea dates back to a small 10th century castle, while its bishopric was founded during the 11th century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Győr: Encyclopedia Ii - Győr - History
The area has been inhabited since the ancient times. The first large settlement dates back to the 5th century BCE, its inhabitants were C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transylvania: Encyclopedia Ii - Transylvania - History
Transylvania - Ancient History: The heartland of the Dacian state. Main article: The Ancient History of Transylvania Part of the area n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transylvanian Saxons: Encyclopedia Ii - Transylvanian Saxons - Medieval Settlements
The initial phase of German settlement began in the mid-12th century with colonists travelling to what would become the Altland or Herman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bessarabia: Encyclopedia Ii - Bessarabia - History
The name Bessarabia (Basarabia in Romanian) probably derives from the Wallachian family of Basarab, who once ruled over the southern part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hungary: Encyclopedia Ii - Hungary - History
Main article: History of Hungary In the time of the Roman Empire, the Romans called the region Pannonia (west from the Danube river). Aft...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Giovanni Da Pian Del Carpine: Encyclopedia Ii - Giovanni Da Pian Del Carpine - Joannes's Travels
At the head of this mission the pope placed Friar Joannes, at this time certainly not far from sixty-five years of age; and to his discre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pisa: Encyclopedia Ii - Pisa - History
Pisa - Ancient times. Nobody really knows when Pisa was founded. The city lies at the junction of two rivers, Arno and Auser (now disap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - Poland - History
Poland began to form into a recognizable unitary and territorial entity around the middle of the 10th century under the Piast dynasty. Po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Dalmatia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Dalmatia - Middle Ages
History of Dalmatia - Medieval city-states and the country. Following the great Slavic migration into Illyria in the first half of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bistriţa: Encyclopedia Ii - Bistriţa - History
The earliest indication of settlement in the area of Bistriţa is from Neolithic remains. Transylvanian Saxons settled the area in 1206 a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military Of Hungary: Encyclopedia Ii - Military Of Hungary - Ancient And Medieval Military
The Hungarian tribes of Árpád vezér who came to settle in the Carpathian Basin were noted for their fearsome horse-mounted warriors, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mongol Khans: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mongol Khans - Yuan Dynasty
The Mongols under Kublai who fully conquered China had theoretical suzerainty over the entire Mongol Empire, but this became nominal even...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ibelin: Encyclopedia Ii - Ibelin - The 13th Century Ibelins
Balian's descendants were among the most powerful nobles in the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Cyprus. Balian's first son John o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genghis Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Genghis Khan - Military Campaigns
Genghis Khan - First war with Western Xia. The Mongol federation created by Temüjin in 1206 was bordered to the south by the Jurchen J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Bulgarian Monarchs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Bulgarian Monarchs - List Of Bulgarian Rulers
List of Bulgarian monarchs - Legendary rulers. Avitokhol (Attila) (153–453) (according to history, (445–453) Ernakh (453–603) (a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Estonian Rulers: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Estonian Rulers - Vaddjamå
(partly on the territory of Estonia) Title: Elder (Vanem) (- 12th century) ... See also:List of Estonian rulers, List of Estonian ruler...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Polish Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Polish Wars - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth
The 17th century saw fierce rivalry between the then major Eastern European powers – Sweden, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rulers Of Bosnia: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rulers Of Bosnia - Bosnian Kingdom
1353 (1357?) - 1391 (Ban 1353-1377, King 1377-1391) Tvrtko I of Kotroman (born 1338?, died 1391) Nephew of Stephen Kotromanić. Crowned h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mongol Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Mongol Empire - Organization
Mongol Empire - Military setup. Main article: Military advances of Genghis Khan The Mongol military organization was simple, but effect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 966–1385: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 966–1385 - The Middle Ages
The Polanes, first mentioned in the 10th century chronicles of Ibrahim ibn Jakub , were up until then a part of the Czechs. The Polanes t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland 966-1572: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland 966-1572 - Early Period: 966-1385
History of the Jews in Poland 966-1572 - Early history. The first Jews arrived in the territory of modern Poland in the 10th century. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mikhail Of Chernihiv: Encyclopedia Ii - Mikhail Of Chernihiv - Life
Mikhail was the only known son of Vsevolod IV of Kiev by a Polish princess. From 1216 he was a prince of Pereyaslav. In 1223 he participa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Louis Ix Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Ix Of France - Life
Much of what we know of Louis' life comes from Jean de Joinville's famous biography of Louis, Life of Saint Louis. Joinville was a close ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hungary: Encyclopedia Ii - Hungary - History
Main article: History of Hungary In the time of the Roman Empire, the Romans called the region Pannonia (west from the Danube river). Aft...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basilica Of Saint Paul Outside The Walls: Encyclopedia Ii - Basilica Of Saint Paul Outside The Walls - History
The Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura, founded by the Emperor Constantine of the former Roman Empire, is according to tradition the bur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1290: Encyclopedia Ii - 1290 - Events
1290 - Europe. March 1 - The University of Coimbra is founded in Lisbon, Portugal by King Denis of Portugal; it moves to Coimbra in 13...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transylvania: Encyclopedia Ii - Transylvania - History
Transylvania - Ancient History: Transylvania as the heartland of the Dacian state. Herodotus gives an account of the Agathyrsi, who liv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Teutonic Knights: Encyclopedia Ii - Teutonic Knights - History
The order was formed at the end of the 12th century in Palestine to give medical aid to pilgrims at the holy places. They received Papal ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Snorri Sturluson: Encyclopedia Ii - Snorri Sturluson - Family
Snorri had two older brothers, Thordur Sturluson (the oldest) and Sighvatur Sturluson. His parents were Sturla Thordarson and Guðny Boed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silesia: Encyclopedia Ii - Silesia - History
Silesia - Early people. Silesia was inhabited by various people that belonged to changing archeological cultures in the Stone, Bronze, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pskov: Encyclopedia Ii - Pskov - Early History
The name of the city, originally spelled Pleskov, may be loosely translated as "the town of purling waters". Its earliest mention comes i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - St. Mechtilde: Encyclopedia Ii - St. Mechtilde - Early Life
When Mechtilde was seven years old, having been taken by her mother on a visit to her elder sister Gertrude, at that time a nun in the mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genghis Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Genghis Khan - Military Campaigns
Genghis Khan - First war with Western Xia. The Mongol federation created by Temüjin was bordered to the south by the Jurchen Jin Dynas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eleanor Of Castile: Encyclopedia Ii - Eleanor Of Castile - Marriage
In 1252, Alfonso X resurrected flimsy ancestral claims to the duchy of Gascony, in the south of Aquitaine, last possession of the Kingdom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rulers Of Auvergne: Encyclopedia Ii - Rulers Of Auvergne - Counts Of Auvergne
Rulers of Auvergne - Burgundian dukes of the Roman era. Victorius (479–488) Apollonarus (506) Hortensius of Neustria (527) Becco (53...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genghis Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Genghis Khan - Military Campaigns
Genghis Khan - First war with Western Xia. The Mongol federation created by Temüjin in 1206 was bordered to the south by the Jurchen J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Counts Of Foix: Encyclopedia Ii - Counts Of Foix - House Of Foix
The counts of Foix flourished from the 11th to the 15th century. They were at first feudatories of the counts of Toulouse, but soon succe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Table Of Chinese Monarchs: Encyclopedia Ii - Table Of Chinese Monarchs - Han Dynasty
Yuánguāng(元光) Yuánshuò (元朔) Yuánshòu (元狩) Yuándǐng (元鼎) Yuánfēng (元封) Tàichū (太初) Tiānhàn (天漢) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Earl Of Pembroke: Encyclopedia Ii - Earl Of Pembroke - History In The 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica
The title of earl of Pembroke has been held successively by several English families, the jurisdiction and dignity of a palatine earldom ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dukes Of Silesia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dukes Of Silesia - Duchies Of Lower Silesia
Dukes of Silesia - Duchy of Wrocław. 1177/1195-1201 Boleslaus I the Long (Boleslaw I Wysoki) 1201-1238 Henry I the Bearded (Henryk I ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qutb-ud-din Aybak: Encyclopedia Ii - Qutb-ud-din Aybak - Career
Starting with his native Ghowr, a miniscule Afghan principality, Muhammad Ghori managed, by dint of murauding excursions of surpassing ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Meloria 1284: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Meloria 1284 - The Battle
The Genoese, desiring to draw their enemy out to battle, and to make the action decisive, arranged their fleet in two lines abreast. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arad Romania: Encyclopedia Ii - Arad Romania - Population
The municipality of Arad is home to 183,939 inhabitants, the ethnic breakdown of the city is as follows: Romanian: 142,968 (82,72%) Hung...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fujiwara No Teika: Encyclopedia Ii - Fujiwara No Teika - Biography
Teika was born to the aristocratic and courtly poetry specialist clan, the Fujiwara, in 1162. His father was Fujiwara Shunzei, who was al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magyars: Encyclopedia Ii - Magyars - Ethnic Affiliations And Origins Of The Hungarian People
The origin of the Hungarians (more correctly Magyars) is partly disputed. The most widely accepted Finno-Ugric theory from the late 18th ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - London Gatwick Airport: Encyclopedia Ii - London Gatwick Airport - Terminals
The airport has two terminals, North and South, which are connected by an automatic Transit system similar to a monorail (though the info...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal Conclave: Encyclopedia Ii - Papal Conclave - Historical Development
The procedures relating to the election of the Pope have undergone almost two millennia of development. Procedures similar to the present...   » Read the article