PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1240 – 1249

The world in the 1240s

From 1240 to 1249 the atlas holds 403 states standing at some time. 39 things began - Berlin, Golden Horde and Seventh Crusade among them - and 16 ended; 48 people were born and 55 died, 2 of all these dated only to the decade.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

1240: 5 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other12401241: 7 began — 7 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other12411242: 7 began — 5 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other12421243: 3 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other12431244: 6 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other12441245: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other12451246: 2 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other12461247: 3 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other12471248: 4 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other12481249: 2 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1249

What began in the 1240s

By kind, the best known first.

States 8

Wars and battles 29

and 21 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 1

What ended in the 1240s

States 7

Wars and battles 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

Born and died

Born 48

and 32 more in the atlas.

Died 55

and 39 more in the atlas.

States of the 1240s

The states that stood at some time in the 1240s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1240.

Europe: 223 statesEurope223Middle East and North Africa: 63 statesMiddle East and North Africa63Sub-Saharan Africa: 10 statesSub-Saharan Africa10South Asia: 44 statesSouth Asia44East and Southeast Asia: 35 statesEast and Southeast Asia35Americas and Oceania: 12 statesAmericas and Oceania12Location unknown: 16 statesLocation unknown16

Europe223 states

and 215 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa63 states

and 55 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa10 states

and 2 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia44 states

and 36 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia35 states

and 27 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania12 states

and 4 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown16 states

and 8 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1220 – 1269: every state, war and life of the 1240s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1245: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.