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★24 Nov 1221
Mongol conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire: Genghis Khan defeated the renegade Khwarazmian prince Jalal al-Din at the Battle of the Indus.

★11 Sep 1226
The first instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally began in Avignon, France.

★29 May 1233
Mongol–Jin War: The Mongols entered Kaifeng after a 13-month siege and began looting the fallen capital of the Jin dynasty.

★22 Sep 1236
Livonian Crusade: The Livonian Brothers of the Sword were soundly defeated by pagan Samogitian and Semigallian troops at the Battle of Saule.

★25 Sep 1237
Henry III of England and Alexander II of Scotland signed the Treaty of York, establishing the Anglo-Scottish border, which mostly remains the same today.

★11 Apr 1241
Mongol invasion of Europe: Mongol forces led by Batu Khan and Subutai defeated the army of King Béla IV at the Battle of Mohi near the river Sajó, a key victory in their first invasion of Hungary.

★26 Jun 1243
Mongol invasions of Anatolia: Mongols achieved a decisive victory over the Seljuq Turks, leading to the decline and disintegration of the Seljuk state.

★16 Feb 1249
Louis IX of France dispatched André de Longjumeau as his ambassador to the Mongol Empire.

★15 May 1252
Pope Innocent IV issued the papal bull Ad extirpanda, authorizing the use of torture on heretics during the Medieval Inquisition.

★05 Jun 1257
Bolesław V, High Duke of Poland, granted city rights to Kraków modelled on the Magdeburg town charter.

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