1240

Events

 * and the sack the  city of.
 * prince defeats  king  at the, beginning the.
 * -   defeats the  in the, saving Russia from a full-scale enemy invasion from the North.
 * End of the.
 * is started to be portrayed as.

Births

 * , Maltese Jewish philosopher (died )
 * (died )
 * (died )
 * , French theologian (died )
 * , landgrave of Thuringia (approximate date; died )

Deaths

 * , Andalusian Arab philosopher
 * , French historian and theologian (born c. )
 * (born )
 * (born )

Monarchs/Presidents

 * -  and count of  (reigned from  to )
 * -, the Saint (reigned from  to )