Year 1237 (MCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1237 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1237
MCCXXXVII
Ab urbe condita1990
Armenian calendar686
ԹՎ ՈՁԶ
Assyrian calendar5987
Balinese saka calendar1158–1159
Bengali calendar644
Berber calendar2187
English Regnal year21 Hen. 3 – 22 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar1781
Burmese calendar599
Byzantine calendar6745–6746
Chinese calendar丙申年 (Fire Monkey)
3934 or 3727
    — to —
丁酉年 (Fire Rooster)
3935 or 3728
Coptic calendar953–954
Discordian calendar2403
Ethiopian calendar1229–1230
Hebrew calendar4997–4998
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1293–1294
 - Shaka Samvat1158–1159
 - Kali Yuga4337–4338
Holocene calendar11237
Igbo calendar237–238
Iranian calendar615–616
Islamic calendar634–635
Japanese calendarKatei 3
(嘉禎3年)
Javanese calendar1146–1147
Julian calendar1237
MCCXXXVII
Korean calendar3570
Minguo calendar675 before ROC
民前675年
Nanakshahi calendar−231
Thai solar calendar1779–1780
Tibetan calendar阳火猴年
(male Fire-Monkey)
1363 or 982 or 210
    — to —
阴火鸡年
(female Fire-Rooster)
1364 or 983 or 211
The Mongols at the walls of Vladimir.

Events

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Europe

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England

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Mongol Empire

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  • Autumn – Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus': The Mongol army commanded by Batu Khan and Subutai, invades the Principality of Ryazan (with representatives of all four khanates leading some 100,000 Mongol, Turks and Persian forces into Europe). In December, Batu Khan sends envoys to the Rus' court of Grand Prince Yuri Igorevich and demands the submission of the capital Ryazan.
  • Battle of Voronezh River: Grand Prince Yuri II of Vladimir supported by border princes of Ryazan, Murom, and Pronsk gathers his forces and make a stand on the Voronezh River, waiting for reinforcements from Vladimir. The Mongols under Batu Khan overrun the Rus' forces, who are scattered. Yuri retreats to Ryazan, while some troops withdraw to Kolomna and join the army of Vladimir-Suzdal.
  • December 1621Siege of Ryazan: The Mongols under Batu Khan lay siege to Ryazan. The townspeople repel the first Mongol attacks but after 5 days the city walls are breached by Chinese catapults. On December 21, the Mongols storm the walls and plunder the capital, killing Yuri Igorevich and all inhabitants. Yuri II of Vladimir stands by and does nothing to intervene while Ryazan burns.
  • December – Siege of Kolomna: Rus' forces under Yuri II of Vladimir are besieged and annihilated at Kolomna by the Mongols. Yuri barely escapes to Yaroslavl. The defenceless capital of Vladimir is taken after just 2 days. Yuri's wife Agatha (sister of Michael of Chernigov) and all his family die in Vladimir when a church where they have sought refuge from the fire collapses.

Levant

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  • Spring – Al-Ashraf Musa, Ayyubid ruler of Damascus, assembles his allies and secures his active support of Kayqubad I, Sejuk ruler of the Sultanate of Rum. A civil war seems inevitable when Kayqubad is poisoned during a feast at Kayseri, on May 31.[4] Meanwhile, the Seljuks strengthen the fortresses in the eastern provinces against the Mongols.
  • August 27 – Al-Ashraf becomes dangerously ill and dies after an 8-year reign. He is succeeded by his brother As-Salih Ismail – who defends Damascus against his elder brother Al-Kamil, Ayyubid ruler of Egypt. In October, Ismail has the suburbs burnt to prevent the Egyptian forces from shelter.[5]

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Cities and Towns

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In England the central tower of Lincoln Cathedral collapses.

Births

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References

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  1. ^ John Larner (1980). Italy in the Age of Dante and Petrarch, 1216-1380. Longman. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-582-48366-8.
  2. ^ Coss, Peter R.; Coss, P. R.; Lloyd, Simon D. (1988). Thirteenth Century England II: Proceedings of the Newcastle Upon Tyne Conference 1987. Boydell & Brewer. p. 83. ISBN 9780851155135.
  3. ^ Hywel Williams (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History, p. 139. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  4. ^ Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre, p. 176. ISBN 978-0-241-29877-0.
  5. ^ Burns, Ross (2005). Damascus: A History, p. 186. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-27105-9.
  6. ^ Kate Norgate and A. D. Carr: "Joan [Siwan", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: OUP, 2004), Retrieved 2 February 2019.]
  7. ^ George Edward Cokayne (1913). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Canonteign to Cutts. St. Catherine Press, Limited. p. 169.