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What Happened in 1242

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Major Events

  • Apr 5 Russian Prince of Novgorod Alexander Nevsky defeats the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of the Ice
  • Jun 6 24 wagonloads of Talmudic books burned in Paris

Born in 1242

  • Jun 25 Beatrice of England, Duchess of Brittany, daughter of Henry III of England, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1275)

Who Died in 1242

  • Feb 10 Emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231)
  • Feb 12 Henry VII, King of Germany (1220-35) and Sicily, who rebelled against his father Holy Roman Emperor King Frederick II, falls off a horse or possibly commits suicide at 30 or 31


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