1224

Events

* The University of Naples is founded.
* The Livonian Brothers of the Sword conquer the Latgallians and the stronghold of Tartu from Ugaunian and Russian troops.
* The last of the Arabs are expelled from Sicily.
* The Chichimecas capture Tula, Hidalgo.
* September 14 (approximately) — St. Francis of Assisi, while praying on the mountain of Verna, during a 40-day fast, is said to have had a vision, as a result of which he received the stigmata. Brother Leo, who had been with Francis at the time, left a clear and simple account of the event, the first definite account of the phenomenon of stigmata.cite encyclopedia
last = Robinson
first = Paschal
title = St. Francis of Assisi
encyclopedia = The Catholic Encyclopedia
volume = VI
publisher = Robert Appleton Company
place = New York
date = 09/01/1909
url = http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06221a.htm
accessdate = 2008-01-21]

Births

Deaths

* Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht (b. 1153)
* Hōjō Yoshitoki, regent of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan (b. 1163)

Monarchs/Presidents

* Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276)
* Castile - Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and Leon (reigned from 1217 to 1252)
* Holy See - Honorius III pope (from 1216 to 1227)
* Mongol Empire - Genghis Khan, Mongol Khan (from 1206 to 1227)
* Navarre - Sancho VII the Strong King of Navarre (reigned from 1194 to 1234)
* Portugal - Afonso II, the Fat, King of Portugal (reigned from 1212 to 1233)
* Venice - Pietro Ziani Doge of Venice (ruled from 1205 to 1229)

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