1241 (WOD)

Events

 * 1208-1244: Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars in France continues. The war results in the complete destruction of the cultures of Provençe and Aquitaine.
 * With the death of King Ivan II, the Bulgarian Empire fragments.
 * The Mongols invade Belgrade.
 * The Mongols defeat the people of Volga Bulgaria. Over eighty percent of the Volga population is dead and all major settlements have been razed to the ground.
 * Pope Gregory IX dies, as does his successor Celestine IV, just two weeks after his inauguration. The papacy will remain vacant for two years after that.

December

 * Word reaches the Golden Horde that their leader, Ogadei Khan, has died. They turn back to Mongolia.