1231

year

1231 (MCCXXXI)was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1231st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 231st year of the 2nd millennium, the 31st year of the 13th century, and the 2nd year of the 1230s decade. As of the start of 1231, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:2nd millennium
Centuries:12th century13th century14th century
Decades: 1200s  1210s  1220s  – 1230s –  1240s  1250s  1260s
Years:1228 1229 123012311232 1233 1234
1231 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1231
MCCXXXI
Ab urbe condita1984
Armenian calendar680
ԹՎ ՈՁ
Assyrian calendar5981
Balinese saka calendar1152–1153
Bengali calendar638
Berber calendar2181
English Regnal year15 Hen. 3 – 16 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar1775
Burmese calendar593
Byzantine calendar6739–6740
Chinese calendar庚寅(Metal Tiger)
3927 or 3867
    — to —
辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit)
3928 or 3868
Coptic calendar947–948
Discordian calendar2397
Ethiopian calendar1223–1224
Hebrew calendar4991–4992
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1287–1288
 - Shaka Samvat1152–1153
 - Kali Yuga4331–4332
Holocene calendar11231
Igbo calendar231–232
Iranian calendar609–610
Islamic calendar628–629
Japanese calendarKangi 3
(寛喜3年)
Javanese calendar1140–1141
Julian calendar1231
MCCXXXI
Korean calendar3564
Minguo calendar681 before ROC
民前681年
Nanakshahi calendar−237
Thai solar calendar1773–1774
Tibetan calendar阳金虎年
(male Iron-Tiger)
1357 or 976 or 204
    — to —
阴金兔年
(female Iron-Rabbit)
1358 or 977 or 205

Births

  • March 17 – Emperor Shijō of Japan (died 1242)
  • Guo Shoujing, Chinese astronomer and mathematician
  • John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey (died 1304)
  • Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore (died 1282)

Deaths