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==== Asia ====
* [[June 1]] &ndash; [[Mongol conquest of Jin China]]: After the long [[Battle of Zhongdu]], the Mongol forces capture [[Zhongdu]] (modern-day [[Beijing]]). Meanwhile, [[Genghis Khan]] has decamped to the edge of the [[Grasslands of China|grasslands]] and is on his way back to the [[Kherlen River]]. Without his restraining influence, the Mongols run wild. They devastate and ransack the city, killing thousands. The royal palace goes up in flames, and a part of the capital burns for a month.<ref>Man, John (2011). ''Genghis Khan: Life, Death and Resurrection'', p. 171. {{ISBN|978-0-553-81498-9}}.</ref> 
* King [[Kalinga Magha]], from [[Kalinga (historical kingdom)|Kalinga]] Province in [[India]], lands in [[Sri Lanka]] with a force of 24,000 men, to capture the city of [[Polonnaruwa]] and depose its king, [[Parakrama Pandya]].