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=== January – March ===
* [[January 14]] – Emperor [[Emperor Xuanzong of Jin|Xuan Zong]] of the Chinese [[Jurchen people|Jurchen]]-led [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] dies after a 10-year reign. He is succeeded by his 25-year-old son, [[Emperor Aizong of Jin|Ai Zong]], who conquers more Song territory during the [[Jin–Song Wars]].
* [[February 20]] – [[Jacopo Tiepolo]] (later: [[List of Doges of Venice|Doge of the Republic of Venice]], 1229–1249), reaches an agreement in his capacity as [[Podestà of Constantinople|Podestà]], with [[Robert I, Latin Emperor|Robert I, Emperor of Constantinople]] Latin Emperor, for favorable treatment for the Venetians in the Empire.<ref>{{cite book | last = Jacoby | first = David | chapter = The Venetian Government and Administration in Latin Constantinople, 1204–1261: A State within a State | title = Quarta Crociata. Venezia – Bisanzio – Impero latino. Atti delle giornate di studio. Venezia, 4-8 maggio 2004 |editor1= Gherardo Ortalli |editor2=Giorgio Ravegnani |editor3=Peter Schreiner | year = 2006 | publisher = Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti | location = Venice | isbn =  978-8-8881-4374-3 |pages=70–71}}</ref>
* [[February]] – King [[Ferdinand III of Castile|Ferdinand III]] (the Saint) announces his intention to resume the ''[[Reconquista]]'' against the realm of the [[Almohad Caliphate]].<ref name="Linehan1999b">{{cite book|title=The New Cambridge Medieval History c.1198-c.1300|year=1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-36289-X|pages=668–699 [672]|author1-link=Peter Linehan|editor1-link=David Abulafia|first=Peter|last=Linehan|editor=Abulafia, David |chapter=Chapter 21: Castile, Portugal and Navarre}}</ref> Caliph [[Yusuf II, Almohad Caliph|Yusuf II al-Mustansir]] dies and is succeeded by [[Abd al-Wahid I|Abu Muhammad al-Wahid]], but in [[Al-Andalus]], two competing pretenders also claim their rights to the throne: Abu Muhammad Ibn al-Mansur al-Adil in [[Seville]] and Abu Muhammad abu Abdallah al-Bayyasi in [[Córdoba, Spain|Córdoba]]. The chronic political instability on the Almohad site allows Ferdinand to begin his campaign victoriously in October, with the capture of [[Quesada, Spain|Quesada]] in [[Spain]].
* [[March 1]] – [[Pope Honorius III]] sends a letter to the Roman Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem, Francisco Clemente Pérez Capera, notifying him that the armies and navies of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the [[Teutonic Knights]] and the [[Kingdom of Sicily]] will be departing soon to begin the [[Sixth Crusade]] to recapture [[Jerusalem]] from the Arab rulers.