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Year 1234 (MCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (full calendar displayed in the link) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

= By place =

== Europe ==

  • King Canute II of Sweden ("the Tall") dies after a five-year reign. His rival, Eric XI ("the Lisp and Lame"), returns as ruler of Sweden (possibly after a civil war between the two of them). It is also possible that Canute dies of natural causes, and Eric peacefully then returns as king.
  • King Andrew II of Hungary proclaims his son, Coloman of Galicia, as ruler (or ban) of Bosnia, who passes it on to Prijezda, a cousin of Matej Ninoslav, despite Matej being the legitimate ruler.
  • Reconquista: King Sancho II of Portugal conquers the cities of Aljustrel and Mértola from the Moors.{{cite book|last=Picard|first=Christophe|title=Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique|year=2000|publisher=Maisonneuve & Larose|location=Paris|isbn=2-7068-1398-9|page=110}}

== Mongol Empire ==

== Africa ==

  • The Manden region rises against the Kaniaga Kingdom. This is the beginning of a process that will lead to the rise of the Mali Empire.{{cite journal|title=Reconstructing oral tradition: Souleymane Kanté's approach to writing Mande history|first=David C.|last=Conrad|date=2001|volume=3|pages=147–200|doi=10.2979/mnd.2001.a873349|journal=Mande Studies}}

= By topic =

== Religion ==

  • November – Pope Gregory IX proclaims war on the city of Rome after a local revolt forces him into exile.Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History, p. 138. {{ISBN|0-304-35730-8}}. He issues the papal bull Rachel suum videns, calling for a new crusade to the Holy Land.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jt61CwAAQBAJ|title=Infirmity in Antiquity and the Middle Ages|first1=Christian|last1= Krötzl|first2=Jenni|last2=Kuuliala|first3=Katariina|last3=Mustakallio|page=108|date=March 9, 2016|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781317116950}}
  • Lund Cathedral in Sweden is heavily damaged in a catastrophic fire. Large donations are made to the church, to rebuild the cathedral.

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