1235

Template:Use mdy dates Template:About year Template:Year nav Template:C13 year in topicYear 1235 (MCCXXXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Events

• Connacht in Ireland is finally conquered by the Hiberno-Norman Richard Mór de Burgh; Felim Ua Conchobair is expelled.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• A general inquisition begins in France.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Siege of Constantinople: The Byzantine emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes and the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II besiege Constantinople in an attempt to take it from its Latin rulers, John of Brienne and Baldwin II. Angelo Sanudo successfully negotiates a two-year truce.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Elizabeth of Hungary (d. 1231) is canonized by Pope Gregory IX.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• A Chinese text of this year records that Hangzhou City, the capital of the Song dynasty, has various social clubs that include a West Lake Poetry Club, the Buddhist Tea Society, the Physical Fitness Club, the Anglers' Club, the Occult Club, the Young Girls' Chorus, the Exotic Foods Club, the Plants and Fruits Club, the Antique Collectors' Club, the Horse-Lovers' Club, and the Refined Music Society.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Probable date – Lancaster Royal Grammar School is founded in the north of England.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Approximate date – Battle of Kirina: Mandinka prince Sundiata Keita defeats Sosso king Soumaoro Kanté, beginning the Mali Empire. By tradition, the Manden Charter, a constitution, is proclaimed in Kouroukan Fouga.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Births

• November 2 – Henry of Almain, King of the Romans (d. 1271)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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  • Pope Boniface VIII (approximate date; d. 1303)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Ramon Llull, Catalan writer and philosopher (d. 1315)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Arnold of Villanova, Spanish alchemist and physician (d. 1311)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Qian Xuan, Chinese painter (d. 1305)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Deaths

Henry I, Duke of Brabant

King Andrew II of Hungary

• September 5 – Henry I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1165)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• September 21 – King Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1175)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• November 5 – Elisabeth of Swabia, queen consort of Castile and León (b. 1205)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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  • Andronikos I Gidos, Emperor of Trebizond<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Ibn al-Qabisi, Iraqi linguist (b. 1163)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Rabbi David Kimhi, French Biblical commentator (b. 1160)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>