1229
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1229 (MCCXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1229th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 229th year of the 2nd millennium, the 29th year of the 13th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1220s decade. As of the start of 1229, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
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Events
- February 18 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
- March 18 – Sixth Crusade of Emperor Frederick II ends in truce with Sultan al-Kamil and coronation of Frederick as King of Jerusalem.
- Catalans capture island of Majorca from Muslims.
- University of Paris strike of 1229.
- Foundation of the University of Toulouse in Toulouse, France.
- Founding of the city of Turku, Finland.
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Births
Deaths
- January 17 – Albert of Buxhoeveden, German soldier
- Yaqut al-Hamawi, Arab biographer and geographer (born 1179)
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