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'Years:' 1240 1241 1242 - 1243 - 1244 1245 1246

'Decades:' 1210s 1220s 1230s - '1240s' - 1250s 1260s 1270s

'Centuries:' 12th century - '13th century' - 14th century

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Events

Births

Deaths

Rulers

Events

★ June 25 - Pope Innocent IV succeeds Pope Celestine IV as the 180th pope.

★ Castile captures the city of Murcia from the Moors.

★ City of Brno founded

★ Battle of Köse Dag

Births

★ June 28 - Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (died 1304)

★ September 2 - Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (died 1295)

★ James II of Majorca (died 1311)

★ Valdemar I of Sweden (died 1302)

Deaths

★ January - Richard Mor de Burgh

★ May 12 - Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent

Rulers

★ Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276)

★ Castile - Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and Leon (reigned from 1217 to 1252)