Major Events Apr 5 Russian Prince of Novgorod Alexander Nevsky defeats the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of the Ice Jun 6 24 wagonloads of Talmudic books burned in Paris Born in 1242 Jun 25 Beatrice of England, Duchess of Brittany, daughter of Henry III of England, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1275) Who Died in 1242 Feb 10 Emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231) Feb 12 Henry VII, King of Germany (1220-35) and Sicily, who rebelled against his father Holy Roman Emperor King Frederick II, falls off a horse or possibly commits suicide at 30 or 31 1241 History by Year 1243 Medieval Popes Gregory I Gregory XIII Julius II Julius III Leo X Pius V