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Year 1232 (MCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Africa

  • The Almohad army besieges Ceuta where Abu Musa, the rebellious brother of the caliph, has received shelter and the support of the population. The Genoese rent a part of their fleet to the rebels who successfully resist the forces of the caliph. The consequences of this revolt are threefold: the city becomes de facto independent from the Almohads, but its reliance on the Italian maritime powers increases and the trans-Saharan trade routes begin to shift eastward due to the local turmoil.

    • Asia

  • The first edition of Tripitaka Koreana is destroyed by Mongol invaders.
  • April 8 – The Jin dynasty in China defend their capital against the Mongol siege on Kaifeng during the Mongol–Jin War. The battle involves the use of rockets.

    • Europe

  • June 15 – Battle of Agridi: Henry I of Cyprus defeats the armies of Frederick II.
  • Spain: Muhammad Ibn Yusuf Ibn Nasr rebels against the independent ruler of al-Andalus, Ibn Hud al-Yadami and takes control of the city of Arjona. This is the foundation of the Nasrid dynasty.
  • Italy: Pope Gregory IX, driven from Rome by a revolt, takes refuge at Anagni.
  • Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II promulgates the Statutum in favorem principum.

    • Markets

  • The northern French city of Troyes issues its first recorded life annuities, confirming the trend of consolidation of local public debts initiated in 1218 by the neighboring city of Reims.

    • Religion

  • May 30 – Anthony of Padua is canonized by Pope Gregory IX at Spoleto less than a year after his death; he becomes the patron saint of lost items.

    • Births

  • Arnolfo di Cambio, Florentine architect (d. 1310)
  • Manfred of Sicily (approximate date; d. 1266)
  • Bernard Saisset, Occitan bishop of Pamiers (d. 1311)
  • Ramon Llull, Majorcan missionary (d. 1316)

    • Deaths

  • July 18 – John de Braose, Marcher Lord of Bramber and Gower
  • Michael Scot, Scottish mathematician and astrologer (b. 1175)
  • Tolui, son of Genghis Khan (b. c. 1190)
  • William III of Sicily (executed) (b. 1208)

    • References

    1232 Wikipedia
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