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==== Mongol Empire ====
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[Güyük Khan]], eldest son of [[Ögedei Khan]], is enthroned as the 3rd [[Great Khan]] of the [[Mongol Empire]] (which is witnessed by a papal mission under [[Giovanni da Pian del Carpine]]) at [[Karakorum (Mongolia)|Karakorum]]. Güyük reverses several edicts of his mother, [[Töregene Khatun]], and orders [[Eljigidei]], Mongol viceroy of [[Iran|Persia]], to advance into [[Syria]] and prepare an attack on [[Baghdad]].<ref name="Daftary1992p418">{{cite book |last1=Daftary |first1=Farhad |title=The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines |date=1992 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-42974-0 |pages=418–420 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQGlyZAy134C&pg=PA418 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[September 30]] &ndash; [[Yaroslav II of Vladimir|Yaroslav II]], father of [[Alexander Nevsky]], is poisoned by Töregene Khatun, after he is summoned by Güyük Khan in Karakorum.