1241

Years: 1238 1239 1240 - 1241 - 1242 1243 1244

Decades: 1210s 1220s 1230s - 1240s - 1250s 1260s 1270s

Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Events

• April 5 - Mongols of Golden Horde under the command of Subotai defeat feudal Polish nobility, including Knights Templar, in the battle of Liegnitz
• April 27 - Mongols defeat Bela IV of Hungary in the battle of Sajo.

Births

• September 4 - King Alexander III of Scotland (died 1286)
• Eleanor of Castile, queen of Edward I of England (died 1290)

Deaths

• April 9 - King Henry II of Poland
• August 22 - Pope Gregory IX
• September 23 - Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet and politician (born 1178)
• September 26 - Fujiwara no Teika, Japanese poet
• October 25 - Pope Celestine IV
• December 1 - Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1214)
• Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany
• Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria
• Valdemar II of Denmark (born 1170)