1234

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century–13th century–14th century
Decades:	1200s1210s1220s–1230s–1240s1250s1260s
Years:	123112321233–1234–123512361237

1234 in othercalendars

Gregorian calendar	1234 MCCXXXIV
Ab urbe condita	1987
Armenian calendar	683 ԹՎ ՈՁԳ
Assyrian calendar	5984
Balinese saka calendar	1155–1156
Bengali calendar	641
Berber calendar	2184
English Regnal year	18Hen. 3– 19Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar	1778
Burmese calendar	596
Byzantine calendar	6742–6743
Chinese calendar	Quý tịNăm(WaterSnake) 3930 or 3870 — to — Giáp ngọ năm(WoodHorse) 3931 or 3871
Coptic calendar	950–951
Discordian calendar	2400
Ethiopian calendar	1226–1227
Hebrew calendar	4994–4995
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1290–1291
-Shaka Samvat	1155–1156
-Kali Yuga	4334–4335
Holocene calendar	11234
Igbo calendar	234–235
Iranian calendar	612–613
Islamic calendar	631–632
Japanese calendar	Tenpuku2 /Bunryaku1 ( văn lịch nguyên niên )
Javanese calendar	1143–1144
Julian calendar	1234 MCCXXXIV
Korean calendar	3567
Minguo calendar	678 beforeROC Dân trước 678 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−234
Thai solar calendar	1776–1777
Tibetan calendar	Âm rắn nước năm (female Water-Snake) 1360 or 979 or 207 — to — Dương ngựa gỗ năm (male Wood-Horse) 1361 or 980 or 208

1234(MCCXXXIV) was acommon year starting on Sundayof theJulian calendar,the 1234th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 234th year of the2nd millennium,the 34th year of the13th century,and the 5th year of the1230sdecade. As of the start of 1234, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• February 9—Song DynastyChinese andMongolianarmies occupied theJurchencapital atCaizhou,marking the collapse of theJin Dynasty (1115-1234).
• SupposedlyMalibegins revolt against oppressors.
• CanonizationofSaint Dominic
• Pope Gregory IXcalled for aCrusadeagainstBosniaand replaced theBogumilBosnianBishopwith aCatholicDominicanGermanJohann
• Pope Gregory IX released theNova Compilatio Decretalium
• KingAndrew II of HungaryproclaimedherzegColomanasBanofBosnia,who passed it on toPrijezda,a cousin of BanMatej Ninoslav(1234to1239) despite Matej being the legitimate Ban of Bosnia

Births

• Abaqa Khan,MongolemperorofPersia(died1282)

Deaths

• April 16–Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke(dob. unknown)
• June 18–Emperor Chūkyōof Japan (born1218)
• August 31–Emperor Go-Horikawaof Japan (born1212)
• Alan, Lord of Galloway
• Stefan Radoslav,King of Serbia (born1192)

Monarchs

• Aragon–James IKing of Aragonand count ofBarcelona(reigned from1213to1276)
• Castile–Ferdinand III,the SaintKing of Castile and León(reigned from1217to1252)
• Navarre–Sancho VII the StrongKing of Navarre(reigned from1194to 1234)