Explore 37 historical events from 1230–1239.
The shikken was a senior government post held by members of the Hōjō clan, officially a regent of the shogunate. From 1199 to 1333, during the Kamakura period, the shikken served …
Shikken Hojo Yasutoki of the Kamakura shogunate promulgates the Goseibai Shikimoku, the first Japanese legal code…
John de Braose, known as Tadody to the Welsh, was the Lord of Bramber and Gower.
John de Braose, Marcher Lord of Bramber and Gower
Arjona is a municipality in the province of Jaén, Andalusia, Spain. It is located 44 kilometres (27 mi) from the provincial capital, Jaén, and 77 kilometres (48 mi) from the city o…
The Spanish town of Arjona declares independence and names its native Muhammad ibn Yusuf as ruler. This marks the…
Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Nasr, also known as Ibn al-Ahmar and by his honorific al-Ghalib billah, was the first ruler of the Emirate of Granada, the last independent Musl…
Muhammad ibn Yusuf, who later established the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim state in Spain, was elected the…
Anthony of Padua, OFM, or Anthony of Lisbon; born Fernando Martins de Bulhões was a Portuguese Catholic priest and member of the Order of Friars Minor.
Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (born 1195)
Eleanor of Portugal was a Portuguese infanta, the only daughter of Afonso II of Portugal and Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal. Eleanor was Queen of Denmark by marriage to Valde…
Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark
Louis I, called the Kelheimer or of Kelheim, since he was born and died at Kelheim, was the Duke of Bavaria from 1183 and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1214. He was the only sur…
Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (born 1173)
William de Braose was the son of Reginald de Braose by his first wife, Grecia Briwere. He was an ill-fated member of the House of Braose, a powerful and long-lived dynasty of March…
William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great
The siege of Jaén was one of many sieges on that city during the Spanish Reconquista. The siege was carried out from 24 June through September, 1230 by forces of the Kingdom of Cas…
The Siege of Jaén begins, in the context of the Spanish Reconquista
The Treaty of San Germano was signed on 23 July 1230 at San Germano, present-day Cassino, ending the War of the Keys that had begun in 1228. The parties were Pope Gregory IX and Fr…
Treaty of San Germano is signed at San Germano between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and Pope Gregory IX. A…
William de Braose was the son of Reginald de Braose by his first wife, Grecia Briwere. He was an ill-fated member of the House of Braose, a powerful and long-lived dynasty of March…
William de Braose, English son of Reginald de Braose (born 1197)
Leopold VI, known as Leopold the Glorious, was Duke of Styria from 1194 and Duke of Austria from 1198 to his death in 1230. He was a member of the House of Babenberg.
Leopold VI, Duke of Austria (born 1176)
Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 5th Earl of Gloucester, 1st Lord of Glamorgan, 7th Lord of Clare was the son of Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford (c. 1153–1217), from …
Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (born 1180)