1234
year
1234 (MCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1234th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 234th year of the 2nd millennium, the 34th year of the 13th century, and the 5th year of the 1230s decade. As of the start of 1234, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1200s 1210s 1220s – 1230s – 1240s 1250s 1260s |
| Years: | 1231 1232 1233 – 1234 – 1235 1236 1237 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1234 MCCXXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1987 |
| Armenian calendar | 683 ԹՎ ՈՁԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5984 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1155–1156 |
| Bengali calendar | 641 |
| Berber calendar | 2184 |
| English Regnal year | 18 Hen. 3 – 19 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1778 |
| Burmese calendar | 596 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6742–6743 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3930 or 3870 — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3931 or 3871 |
| Coptic calendar | 950–951 |
| Discordian calendar | 2400 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1226–1227 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4994–4995 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1290–1291 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1155–1156 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4334–4335 |
| Holocene calendar | 11234 |
| Igbo calendar | 234–235 |
| Iranian calendar | 612–613 |
| Islamic calendar | 631–632 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenpuku 2 / Bunryaku 1 (文暦元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1143–1144 |
| Julian calendar | 1234 MCCXXXIV |
| Korean calendar | 3567 |
| Minguo calendar | 678 before ROC 民前678年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −234 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1776–1777 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 1360 or 979 or 207 — to — 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 1361 or 980 or 208 |
Events
change- February 9 — Song Dynasty Chinese and Mongolian armies occupied the Jurchen capital at Caizhou, marking the collapse of the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234).
- Supposedly Mali begins revolt against oppressors.
- Canonization of Saint Dominic
- Pope Gregory IX called for a Crusade against Bosnia and replaced the Bogumil Bosnian Bishop with a Catholic Dominican German Johann
- Pope Gregory IX released the Nova Compilatio Decretalium
- King Andrew II of Hungary proclaimed herzeg Coloman as Ban of Bosnia, who passed it on to Prijezda, a cousin of Ban Matej Ninoslav (1234 to 1239) despite Matej being the legitimate Ban of Bosnia
Births
change- Abaqa Khan, Mongol emperor of Persia (died 1282)
Deaths
change- April 16 – Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (dob. unknown)
- June 18 – Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (born 1218)
- August 31 – Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (born 1212)
- Alan, Lord of Galloway
- Stefan Radoslav, King of Serbia (born 1192)
Monarchs
change- Aragon – James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276)
- Castile – Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and León (reigned from 1217 to 1252)
- Navarre – Sancho VII the Strong King of Navarre (reigned from 1194 to 1234)