Yoritsune (the Eastern Dainagon) hands the shogunate to his son and returns to the capital (Masukagami 5 内野の雪)
West Asia (2)
Battle of Gaza (1244). The emperor of Persia brought in Count Gautier of Jaffa and hung him with an arm pierced through, saying he would not take him down until Jaffa castle was handed over (lines 1737–1740). (Life of Saint Louis by Joinville 줄 1737–1740 (주석 줄 1742))
Baldwin II, Emperor of Constantinople, fled the persecution of the Greeks and sought help from Emperor Frederick II. (Chronica Majora of Matthew Paris Luard IV · 줄 3615–3620)
Southern Europe (1)
Cardinal John Colonna died in Rome on the eighth day after the feast of the Purification; he had stirred up the strife between pope and emperor. (Chronica Majora of Matthew Paris Luard IV · 줄 2759–2767)
The King of France summoned his overseas lords at Paris and addressed them; Normans holding lands in England lost them by the English king's command. (Chronica Majora of Matthew Paris Luard IV · 줄 2814–2820)
Griffin, son of Llywelyn, Prince of Wales, died after falling from the Tower of London (1 March). (Chronica Majora of Matthew Paris Luard IV · 줄 3426–3432)
Boniface, elect of Canterbury, wrote a letter of consolation to William, the exiled Bishop of Winchester. (Chronica Majora of Matthew Paris Luard IV · 줄 3499–3506)
The King of Hungary, pursued by the Tartars, went to seek help from the emperor. (Chronica Majora of Matthew Paris Luard IV · 줄 3563–3566)
In 1244 the king convened a great council at London and demanded financial aid (the king's name does not appear in this line). (Chronica Majora of Matthew Paris 줄 3313~3315)
In the peace document that brought in Welsh custom, David swore on the cross (line 891, 'pax'). (Chronica Majora of Matthew Paris 줄 986~1026)
When the French king fell ill, he pressed relics of the Holy Cross, the Crown of Thorns and the Lance to his body, and vowed to take the cross if he recovered. (Chronica Majora of Matthew Paris part_07 L1668)
The count's brother Anselmus died three days before Christmas; brothers who died childless followed one after another. (Chronica Majora of Matthew Paris lines 3912-3914)
Damascus was seized by 'the treacherous Babylonians and their allies the Khwarazmians', in the week of Michaelmas (late September to early October). (Chronica Majora of Matthew Paris part_09 줄 485–489)