Explore 29 historical events from 1240–1249.
Chagatai Khan was a son of Genghis Khan, a prominent figure in the early Mongol Empire, and the first khan of the Chagatai Khanate. The second son of Genghis's wife Börte, Chagatai…
Chagatai Khan, Mongol ruler (born 1183)
Louis IX, also known as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. He is widely recognized as the most distinguished of the Direct Capetians, is the sole ki…
At the instigation of Louis IX of France, an inter-faith debate, known as the Disputation of Paris, starts between a Chr
The Swedish–Novgorodian Wars were a series of armed conflicts in the 12th and 13th centuries between the Novgorod Republic and medieval Sweden over control of the Gulf of Finland. …
Swedish–Novgorodian Wars: A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva.
William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey was the son of Isabel de Warenne, 4th Countess of Surrey and Hamelin de Warenne. His father Hamelin granted him the manor of Appleby, North L…
William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (born 1166)
The Disputation of Paris, also known as the Trial of the Talmud, took place in 1240 at the court of King Louis IX of France. It followed the work of Nicholas Donin, a Jewish conver…
The Disputation of Paris, in which four rabbis defended the Talmud against Nicholas Donin's accusations of blasphemy, be