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Year of the Metal Snake辛巳( at the beginning of the year Metal Dragon庚辰)
Syria: 1532/33 ( the year in October )
- 3.1 First half of
- 3.2 Second half of
- 3.3 More death unknown
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Japan
- Jōkyū War
- Mai: Third Battle of Uji
- In Kyoto, Japan, the first Tandai is built. First incumbent is Hōjō Yoshitoki.
Central Asia
- Genghis Khan's son Tolui Khan massacred in the destruction of Turkmenistan Merv hundreds of thousands.
Fifth Crusade
- The crusade of Damietta fails.
Europe
- The Ludowinger Louis IV married the Hungarian king's daughter Elisabeth.
- With the death of Günter III. of Käfernburg the House of Schwarzburg - Käfernburg divides into the two lines of Schwarzburg- Käfernburg and Black Castle.
Ersturkundliche mentions
- First mention of Alchenstorf, Obercunnersdorf, Treiten, Tschugg and Worm Mountain
- Vienna receives city rights.
Religion
- July 20: In Castile is started with the construction of the Cathedral of Burgos
- On the second General Chapter of the Dominicans in Bologna the already existing about 60 convents in eight provinces (one of the Teutonia ) summarized
- Francis of Assisi is the (second) rule of the order of the Franciscans
Born
- October 9: Salimbene of Parma, Italian chronicler ( † after 1288)
- November 23: Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon ( † 1284)
- Bonaventure, Doctor of the Church and Italian Franciscan († 1274)
- Hugo XI. of Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Angoulême ( † 1250)
- Margaret of Provence, Queen of France († 1295)
- Theobald II, Count of Bar († 1291 )
Died
First half year
Second half- year
- August 6: Dominic Catholic saint and founder of the Order of Preachers ( Dominicans ) (* 1170 )
- 4 October: William IV, Count of Ponthieu (* 1179 )
- October 16: Frederick II, Count of Landsberg, Burggraf von Wettin
- October 31: Ulrich II, Bishop of Passau
- November 21: Alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (* 1201)
- December 24: Arnold II von Matsch, Bishop of Chur
More death unknown
- Alain de Roucy, French Knight and Crusader ( * before 1172 )
- Berengaria of Portugal, Queen of Denmark (* 1194)
- Bernhard II, Count of Wölpe (* 1176 )
- Fujiwara no Masatsune, Japanese poet (* 1170 )
- Hermann II, Count of Berg Ravens
- William I, Count of Joigny