Timeline of the Mongol Empire

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Expansion of the Mongol Empire

This is the timeline of the Mongol Empire from the birth of Temüjin, later Genghis Khan, to the ascension of Kublai Khan as emperor of the Yuan dynasty in 1271, though the title of Khagan continued to be used by the Yuan rulers into the Northern Yuan dynasty, a far less powerful successor entity, until 1634.

12th century

1160s

Year Date Event
1162 Temüjin is born in Delüün Boldog near Burkhan Khaldun to the Mongol chieftain Yesugei and HoelunTemplate:Sfn

1170s

Year Date Event
1171 Yesugei takes Temüjin east through Tatar territory to the Khongirad homeland to arrange a future marriage between his son and Börte. Temüjin stays with the Khongirads to learn their ways, however Yesugei is poisoned by the Tatars during his return trip. Temüjin leaves Börte for his father, but arrives too late to see his father alive. His father's followers scatter and Hoelun is left to care for their children by herself.Template:Sfn She takes them to the Khentii Mountains, where they live for several years.Template:Sfn
1173 Temüjin becomes anda, blood brothers, with Jamukha of the Jajirad (Jadaran) clanTemplate:Sfn
1177 Temüjin leaves to claim Börte. Börte's father gives him a black sable cloak as dowry, which he later gives to Toghrul of the Keraites to gain his favor. Soon after the Merkits abduct Börte and Temüjin flees. Template:Sfn
1178 Temüjin assembles an allied force of over 20,000 with his ally Toghrul and sworn blood brother Jamukha, who attack the Merkits and rescue Börte.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

1180s

Year Date Event
1185 Mongols gather at Burkhan Khaldun to throw their support behind Temüjin in fear of the rising power of JamukhaTemplate:Sfn
1187 Temüjin allies himself with the Khongirad to wage war on the Tatars.Template:Sfn

1190s

Year Date Event
1191 Temüjin, Jamukha, and Toghrul attack the Merkits.Template:Sfn
1192 Jin dynasty starts constructing fortifications in the northwest to prevent depredations by the MongolsTemplate:Sfn
1193 Jamukha refuses to acknowledge Temüjin's leadership and wages war on him.Template:Sfn
1194 Jamukha and Temüjin clash at the Dalan Baljut, which ends inconclusively. However Jamukha's rash and vindictive behavior towards his allies alienates him.Template:Sfn
1196 Jin and Mongol troops carry out a punitive expedition against the TatarsTemplate:Sfn

13th century

1200s

Year Date Event
1201 Mongols opposing Temüjin promote Jamukha to gür-khanTemplate:Sfn
1202 Mongols exterminate the TatarsTemplate:Sfn
1203 Temüjin splits with ToghrulTemplate:Sfn
spring The Keraites defeat Temüjin at Qalaqaljid SandsTemplate:Sfn
autumn Temüjin defeats Toghrul at Jeje'er HeightsTemplate:Sfn
Temüjin creates the Kheshig, an elite military guardTemplate:Sfn
1204 Temüjin defeats the Naimans, Merkits, and Jamukha; Merkit leaders and Jamukha flee to the Altai MountainsTemplate:Sfn
fall Temüjin pursues Jamukha and defeats him in several battles. Eventually Jamukha's allies betray him and turn him over to Temüjin, who kills him by breaking his back.Template:Sfn
The Uyghurs and Ongud submit to TemüjinTemplate:Sfn
1205 spring Mongol conquest of Western Xia: Temüjin of the Mongols raids Western Xia's border settlementsTemplate:Sfn
1206 spring Kokochu, also known as Teb Tengri, chief shaman of the Mongols, bestows upon Temüjin the title of Genghis Khan, "Universal Ruler" of the Mongol Empire, at the kurultai of Burkhan Khaldun, sacred mountain of the MongolsTemplate:Sfn
1207 Mongol conquest of Western Xia: Genghis Khan sacks Wulahai, a Western Xia garrison along the Yellow River near modern WuyuanTemplate:Sfn
Jochi subjugates the 'forest peoples' - Kyrgyz, Oirat, and BuryatTemplate:Sfn
1208 Toq'toa Beki of the Merkits is killed by Mongols and UyghursTemplate:Sfn
1209 autumn Mongol conquest of Western Xia: Genghis Khan penetrates Western Xia from Wulahai and defeats a Tangut army before laying siege to Zhongxing, however the Mongols accidentally flood their own camp in the process of breaking the Yellow River dikes and are forced to retreatTemplate:Sfn
Qocho, Qayaligh, and Almaliq submit to Genghis Khan; Almaliq and the Issyk-Kul region given to ChagataiTemplate:Sfn

1210s

Year Date Event
1210 Mongol conquest of Western Xia: Emperor Xiangzong of Western Xia submits to the Mongol Empire and hands over a daughter in marriage to Genghis Khan as well as a large supply of camels, falcons, and woven textiles; a Mongol garrison is left at WulahaiTemplate:Sfn
Kokochu is killed by Qasar in a wrestling matchTemplate:Sfn
1211 Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Jochi, Ögedei, and Chagatai invade Inner MongoliaTemplate:Sfn
October Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Jebe takes Juyong Pass from the Jin dynastyTemplate:Sfn
winter Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Mongol forces retreat from Jin territoryTemplate:Sfn
Karluks rebel against the Qara Khitai and defect to the Mongol EmpireTemplate:Sfn
1212 February Battle of Yehuling: Genghis Khan and Muqali crush the Jin army led by Wanyan Jiujin, Duji Sizhong, and HushahuTemplate:Sfn
1213 5 January Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Jebe takes the Eastern CapitalTemplate:Sfn
July–August Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Genghis Khan crushes a Jin army led by Zhuhu GaoqiTemplate:Sfn
autumn Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Jochi, Ögedei, and Chagatai ravage Hebei and ShanxiTemplate:Sfn
November Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Genghis Khan and Jebe pass through the Zijing GapTemplate:Sfn
1214 31 March Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Genghis Khan lays siege to the Central CapitalTemplate:Sfn
11 May Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Jin dynasty becomes a tributary and agrees to hand over a daughter of the previous emperor; the Mongols lift the siegeTemplate:Sfn
July Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Khitan and Tatar defectors lay siege to the Central CapitalTemplate:Sfn
December Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Muqali wipes out Jin centers in Liaoning and southern ManchuriaTemplate:Sfn
1215 31 May Battle of Zhongdu: Mongol Empire takes the Central Capital and places the Khitan Shimo Ming'an and Jabar Khoja in charge of the cityTemplate:Sfn
23 September Kublai is born to Tolui and Sorghaghtani BekiTemplate:Sfn
1216 Mongol conquest of the Qara Khitai: Jebe seizes Kashgar from the Qara Khitai and Kuchlug fleesTemplate:Sfn
Subutai raids the KipchaksTemplate:Sfn
1217 Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Genghis Khan appoints Muqali as viceroy of North China and leaves for MongoliaTemplate:Sfn
Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Muqali removes Jin presence in the steppesTemplate:Sfn
1218 autumn Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia: Muhammad II of Khwarezm's forces clash with a Mongol army led by Jochi and Subutai, the battle ending inconclusivelyTemplate:Sfn
winter Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia: A Muslim merchant delegation sent by Genghis Khan arrives at Otrar and the governor Inalchuq kills them, seizing their goods for himself; a sole survivor reaches Mongolia and alerts Genghis, who sends three more envoys to demand custody of Inalchuq - they are also killedTemplate:Sfn
Mongol conquest of Western Xia: Mongol Empire lays siege to Zhongxing and Emperor Xiangzong of Western Xia flees west; his son and officials make peace with the MongolsTemplate:Sfn
Mongol conquest of the Qara Khitai: Shepherds in Badakhshan capture Kuchlug and hand him over to Jebe, who beheads him; so ends the Qara KhitaiTemplate:Sfn
1219 January Goryeo becomes a tributary of the Mongol EmpireTemplate:Sfn
fall Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia: Ögedei and Chagatai take Otrar and massacres its population; Genghis Khan dispatches Jochi to conquer Syr Darya and another army to conquer FerganaTemplate:Sfn
Western Xia refuses to send auxiliaries for the Mongol Empire's western campaignsTemplate:Sfn

1220s

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Year Date Event
1220 15 February Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia: Genghis Khan takes Bukhara and places Yelü Ahai in control of TransoxianaTemplate:Sfn
16 March Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia: Genghis Khan takes Samarkand and Muhammad II of Khwarezm flees to Nishapur; Genghis Khan dispatches Jebe and Subutai to destroy the sultanTemplate:Sfn
May Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia: Jebe and Subutai take Balkh and capture Muhammad II of Khwarezm's mother Terken Khatun and family in the Zagros MountainsTemplate:Sfn
winter Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia: Muhammad II of Khwarezm diesTemplate:Sfn
1221 March Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia: Tolui destroys MervTemplate:Sfn
April Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia: Jochi, Chagatai, and Ögedei destroy Urgench while Tolui takes Nishapur and HeratTemplate:Sfn
spring Battle of Parwan: Jalal al-Din Mangburni defeats a Mongol army led by Shigi Qutuqu in the Hindu KushTemplate:Sfn
Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia: Genghis Khan takes TermezTemplate:Sfn
Siege of Bamyan: Genghis Khan takes Bamyan; Chagatai's son Mutukan dies in the processTemplate:Sfn
November Battle of Indus: Genghis Khan defeats Jalal al-Din Mangburni, who swims across the Indus River and escapesTemplate:Sfn
1222 Subutai and Jebe conquer the Kuban steppe and crush the CumansTemplate:Sfn
September Battle of Khunan: Subutai and Jebe defeat the Kingdom of Georgia in battle and mortally injure their king George IV of Georgia on their way north of the Caucasus.
1223 Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Muqali dies and the Mongol Empire loses control of Henan, central Shaanxi, and southeast ShandongTemplate:Sfn
spring Genghis Khan returns to MongoliaTemplate:Sfn
31 May Battle of the Kalka River: Subutai and Jebe defeat the forces of Mstislav Mstislavich, Mstislav III of Kiev, Daniel of Galicia, Mstislav II Svyatoslavich, and Köten before sacking Novhorod-Siverskyi and heading back to MongoliaTemplate:Sfn
Mongol Empire sacks SudakTemplate:Sfn
1224 Battle of Samara Bend: Bulgars ambush Subutai and Jebe near SaqsinTemplate:Sfn
Goryeo stops paying tributeTemplate:Sfn
1226 February Mongol conquest of Western Xia: Mongol Empire seizes Khara-Khoto from Western Xia and sack cities across the Gansu CorridorTemplate:Sfn
November Mongol conquest of Western Xia: Mongol Empire sacks LingzhouTemplate:Sfn
4 December Mongol conquest of Western Xia: Genghis Khan crosses the Yellow River and defeats a Tangut relief columnTemplate:Sfn
1227 September Mongol conquest of Western Xia: Emperor Mozhu of Western Xia surrenders to the Mongol Empire and is promptly executed; so ends the Western XiaTemplate:Sfn
Jochi dies and is succeeded by his son Batu KhanTemplate:Sfn
August Genghis Khan dies near the Jing River and Tolui becomes regentTemplate:Sfn
1229 13 September Ögedei Khan is elected ruler of the Mongol Empire at a kurultai near the Kherlen RiverTemplate:Sfn
Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria: Sunitay and Kukedey attack Bulgar outposts on the Ural RiverTemplate:Sfn

1230s

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Year Date Event
1230 Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Doqolqu and Subutai attack Tong Pass and are defeated by Wanyan HedaTemplate:Sfn
autumn Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Ögedei Khan and Tolui take FengxiangTemplate:Sfn
1231 August Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia: Chormaqan defeats Jalal al-Din Mangburni, who escapes only to be killed by some random Kurd; so ends the Khwarazmian dynastyTemplate:Sfn
Mongol invasions of Korea: Sartai subjugates Goryeo, however the Mongol overseers are immediately killed afterwardsTemplate:Sfn
"Thunder crash bombs" are employed by Jin troops in destroying a Mongol warship.Template:Sfn
1232 spring Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Tolui invades Henan and Ögedei Khan pushes through the Tong PassTemplate:Sfn
13 February Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Tolui kills Wanyan HedaTemplate:Sfn
8 April Siege of Kaifeng (1232): Subutai lays siege to KaifengTemplate:Sfn
Mongol invasions of Korea: Sartai heads back to Goryeo and dies from an arrowTemplate:Sfn
Mongol invasions of Georgia: Chormaqan subjugates AzerbaijanTemplate:Sfn
Tolui is struck by sickness and diesTemplate:Sfn
Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty: Reusable fire lance barrels made of durable paper are employed by Jin troops during the Mongol siege of Kaifeng.Template:Sfn
1233 5 March Siege of Kaifeng (1232): Kaifeng surrendersTemplate:Sfn
December Siege of Caizhou: Mongol Empire lays siege to CaizhouTemplate:Sfn
1234 9 February Siege of Caizhou: Emperor Aizong of Jin abdicates to a distant relative, Hudun, who becomes Emperor Mo of Jin, and commits suicide; Emperor Mo of Jin is killed by the Mongols; so ends the Jin dynastyTemplate:Sfn
Ögedei Khan announces his plans to conquer Goryeo, the Song dynasty, and CumaniaTemplate:Sfn
1235 Ögedei Khan constructs KarakorumTemplate:Sfn
1236 Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria: Subutai destroys Bolghar and takes SaqsinTemplate:Sfn
Mongol invasions of Georgia: Chormaqan subjugates Georgia and ArmeniaTemplate:Sfn
1237 21 December Siege of Ryazan: Batu, Orda, Güyük, and Möngke sack Ryazan and SuzdalTemplate:Sfn
Large bombs requiring several hundred men to hurl using trebuchets are employed by Mongols in the siege of Anfeng (modern Shouxian, Anhui Province).Template:Sfn
1238 4 March Battle of the Sit River: Mongol Empire kills Yuri II of VladimirTemplate:Sfn
spring Siege of Kozelsk: Batu struggles to take Kozelsk for two months before Kadan and Büri take it in three daysTemplate:Sfn
Mongol Empire conquers CrimeaTemplate:Sfn
1239 3 March Mongol invasion of Rus': Mongol Empire sacks PereiaslavTemplate:Sfn
18 October Mongol invasion of Rus': Mongol Empire sacks ChernihivTemplate:Sfn

1240s

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Year Date Event
1240 6 December Siege of Kiev (1240): Mongol Empire sacks Kiev, Halych, and Vladimir-Suzdal, so ends Kievan RusTemplate:Sfn
Mongol invasions of Tibet: Doorda Darkhan sacks Reting MonasteryTemplate:Sfn
1241 9 April Battle of Legnica: Orda defeats the combined force of Henry II the Pious, Mieszko II the Fat, Sulisław of Cracow, and Boleslaus DěpolticTemplate:Sfn
11 April Battle of Mohi: Boroldai and Subutai defeat a combined army from the Kingdom of Hungary, Croatia, and Knights TemplarTemplate:Sfn
December Mongol invasion of Europe: Kadan crosses the DanubeTemplate:Sfn
11 December Ögedei Khan dies on a hunting trip after lengthy drinking and his wife Töregene Khatun becomes regentTemplate:Sfn
1242 Mongol invasion of Europe: Mongol Empire forces Bulgaria to pay tributeTemplate:Sfn
spring Mongol invasion of Europe: Mongol forces retreat after receiving news of Ögedei Khan's death; Batu Khan stays at the Volga River and his brother Orda Khan returns to MongoliaTemplate:Sfn
Mongol invasions of Anatolia: Mongols take ErzurumTemplate:Sfn
Chagatai Khan dies and his grandson Qara Hülegü succeeds himTemplate:Sfn
1243 26 June Battle of Köse Dağ: Baiju defeats Kaykhusraw II and subjugates the Sultanate of Rum and Empire of TrebizondTemplate:Sfn
1244 The Ayyubid dynasty gives tribute to the MongolsTemplate:Sfn
Badr al-Din Lu'lu' of Mosul submits to the Mongol EmpireTemplate:Sfn
1246 Temüge tries to seize the throne without a kurultai but failsTemplate:Sfn
24 August Güyük Khan is elected ruler of the Mongol Empire at a kurultai on the Kherlen RiverTemplate:Sfn
Güyük Khan appoints Yesü Möngke as head of the Chagatai KhanateTemplate:Sfn
1248 20 April Güyük Khan dies on his way to confront Batu Khan and his wife Oghul Qaimish becomes regentTemplate:Sfn

1250s

Year Date Event
1251 1 July Möngke Khan is elected ruler of the Mongol Empire at a kurultai in the Khentii MountainsTemplate:Sfn
fall Möngke Khan places his brothers Hulagu Khan and Kublai Khan in charge of West Asia and China, respectivelyTemplate:Sfn
Möngke Khan appoints Qara Hülegü as head of the Chagatai Khanate, who dies soon after, and his wife Orghana becomes regent for her young son Mubarak ShahTemplate:Sfn
1252 summer Möngke Khan places Kublai Khan in charge of the invasion of the Dali Kingdom and Hulagu Khan the invasion of the Middle EastTemplate:Sfn
fall Mongol forces depart from Shanxi and reach the Tao RiverTemplate:Sfn
Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty: Mongol forces under the Chinese general Wang Dechen advance into Sichuan and occupy LizhouTemplate:Sfn
Kublai Khan advances with the main force towards the Dali KingdomTemplate:Sfn
Niccolò and Maffeo Polo set off from Venice for ChinaTemplate:Sfn
Mongol invasions of Tibet: Qoridai invades Tibet as far as DangqukaTemplate:Sfn
1253 Kublai Khan's forces set up headquarters on the Jinsha River in western Yunnan and march on Dali in three columnsTemplate:Sfn
September Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty: Mongol forces occupy LizhouTemplate:Sfn
Kublai Khan meets Phagpa Lama and promotes the Sakya school of Tibetan BuddhismTemplate:Sfn
1254 January The Dali Kingdom is conquered, although its dynasty remains in power, and the king, Duan Xingzhi, is later invested with the title of Maharajah by Möngke Khan; so ends the Dali KingdomTemplate:Sfn
winter Kublai Khan returns to Mongolia and leaves Subutai's son Uryankhadai in charge of campaigns against local Yi tribesTemplate:Sfn
Kublai Khan starts building an independent power base in Henan and Jingzhao where Chinese-style government is implementedTemplate:Sfn
Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty: Mongol raids on the northern Song border intensifyTemplate:Sfn
Mongol invasions of Korea: Jalairtai Qorchi plunders GoryeoTemplate:Sfn
1255 Mongol invasions of Korea: Mongol Empire takes Sinuiju and attacks coastal islandsTemplate:Sfn
Batu Khan dies and is succeeded by his son Sartaq Khan, who dies soon after, and then UlaghchiTemplate:Sfn
1256 summer Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty: Möngke Khan declares war on the Song dynasty, citing imprisonment of Mongol envoys as casus belliTemplate:Sfn
20 November Mongol campaign against the Nizaris: Hulagu Khan takes AlamutTemplate:Sfn
Mongols defeat Kaykaus II at Aksaray and enthrone Kilij Arslan IVTemplate:Sfn
Daniel of Galicia expels Mongol garrisons from his territoryTemplate:Sfn
Kublai Khan constructs a capital north of the Luan RiverTemplate:Sfn
1257 Uriyangkhadai, son of Subutai, pacifies Yunnan and returns to GansuTemplate:Sfn
winter Mongol invasions of Vietnam: Uriyangkhadai returns to Yunnan and invades the kingdom of Đại Việt (ruled by the Trần dynasty)Template:Sfn
Möngke Khan launches an investigation into Kublai Khan's activities and subjects officials in Henan and Shanxi to interrogation, executes Kublai's chief pacification officer in Shanxi, and imposes large levies on ShanxiTemplate:Sfn
Ulaghchi dies and Berke, a Muslim, succeeds himTemplate:Sfn
1258 17 January Siege of Baghdad (1258): Hulagu Khan sends a Mongol contingent across the Tigris River which suffers a defeat against AybakTemplate:Sfn
18 January Siege of Baghdad (1258): Baiju floods the enemy camp and attacks, driving them backTemplate:Sfn
29 January Siege of Baghdad (1258): Hulagu Khan lays siege to BaghdadTemplate:Sfn
1 February Siege of Baghdad (1258): Mongol siege weapons breach Baghdad's Ajami towerTemplate:Sfn
3 February Siege of Baghdad (1258): Mongol forces take Baghdad's wallsTemplate:Sfn
10 February Siege of Baghdad (1258): Al-Musta'sim, his sons, and 3,000 dignitaries surrenderTemplate:Sfn
13 February Siege of Baghdad (1258): Mongols sack Baghdad and Hulagu Khan takes the title of Ilkhan, meaning "obedient khan"Template:Sfn
20 February Siege of Baghdad (1258): Al-Musta'sim and his family are executed, so ends the Abbasid CaliphateTemplate:Sfn
Kublai Khan returns to Mongolia to placate his brotherTemplate:Sfn
spring Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty: Möngke Khan's forces reach GansuTemplate:Sfn
Mongol invasions of Vietnam: Đại Việt recognizes Mongol suzerainty and king Trần Thái Tông sends his son as hostage to the imperial courtTemplate:Sfn
March Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty: Mongols capture ChengduTemplate:Sfn
Buqa Temür takes WasitTemplate:Sfn
fall Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty: Möngke Khan's forces reach LizhouTemplate:Sfn
Mongol invasions of Korea: Wonjong of Goryeo goes to the Mongol court as hostageTemplate:Sfn
1259 January Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty: Möngke Khan's forces take YazhouTemplate:Sfn
February Siege of Diaoyu Castle: Möngke Khan's forces lay siege to Diaoyu FortressTemplate:Sfn
July Siege of Diaoyu Castle: Möngke Khan calls off the siege of Diaoyu FortressTemplate:Sfn
August Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty: Taghachar attacks HuainanTemplate:Sfn
12 August Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty: Möngke Khan dies from dysentery or a wound inflicted by a Song trebuchet, forcing Mongol campaigns throughout Eurasia and China to come to a haltTemplate:Sfn
September Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty: Kublai Khan's forces cross the Yangtze and lays siege to Ezhou, however he receives news of Möngke Khan's death and Ariq Böke's mobilization, forcing hm to withdraw and deal with his brotherTemplate:Sfn
Wonjong of Goryeo goes back to Goryeo to become ruler - henceforth becoming a Mongol tributaryTemplate:Sfn
Second Mongol invasion of Poland: Berke and Boroldai invade Poland and Daniel of Galicia flees, however his sons and brother Vasilko of Galicia join the Mongols to plunder Lithuania and Polish territoriesTemplate:Sfn
Golden Horde elements in Bukhara rebel and Alghu suppresses themTemplate:Sfn

1260s

Year Date Event
1260 January Siege of Aleppo (1260): Hulagu Khan takes Aleppo from An-Nasir Yusuf; so ends the Ayyubid dynastyTemplate:Sfn
The Principality of Antioch submits to the Mongol EmpireTemplate:Sfn
2 February Sack of Sandomierz (1260): Berke and Boroldai sack SandomierzTemplate:Sfn
5 May Kublai Khan convenes a kurultai at Kaiping, which elects him as ruler of the Mongol Empire; so ends the centralized Mongol EmpireTemplate:Sfn
May Toluid Civil War: Ariq Böke proclaims himself great khan of the Mongol Empire at KarakorumTemplate:Sfn
6 June Hulagu Khan receives news of Möngke Khan's death and retreats to AhlatTemplate:Sfn
26 July Battle of Ain Jalut: Qutuz of the Mamluks advance into Palestine and drive the Mongols from GazaTemplate:Sfn
spring Hulagu Khan's son Yoshmut and commander Elege of the Jalayir take Mayyafaraqin and MardinTemplate:Sfn
August Kitbuqa sacks SidonTemplate:Sfn
3 September Battle of Ain Jalut: Qutuz of the Mamluks defeats Mongol forces under Kitbuqa and push them back to the EuphratesTemplate:Sfn
10 December First Battle of Homs: Baibars defeats a Mongol expedition into SyriaTemplate:Sfn
Toluid Civil War: Berke of the Golden Horde allies with Ariq Böke and declares war on Hulagu KhanTemplate:Sfn
Toluid Civil War: Alghu, a grandson of Chagatai Khan, deposes Mubarak Shah, an appointee to the Chagatai Khanate of the Mongol EmpireTemplate:Sfn
Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty: Kublai Khan's envoy Hao Jing proposes that the Song dynasty acknowledge Kublai as Son of Heaven in return for autonomy and gets jailedTemplate:Sfn
Kublai Khan appoints Drogön Chögyal Phagpa as Imperial PreceptorTemplate:Sfn
Ajall Shams al-Din Omar, from Bukhara, is appointed a commissioner of a district in north ChinaTemplate:Sfn
Kublai Khan issues three currencies but the paper Jiaochao, backed by silver, prevails; total value of paper money amounts to 73,352 silver ingotsTemplate:Sfn
1261 Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty: Kublai Khan sends funds to Li Tan of Shandong to make war on the Song dynastyTemplate:Sfn
Franks visit Kublai Khan's court at ShangduTemplate:Sfn
Badr al-Din Lu'lu' dies and his son Malik Salih kills all the Christians, causing a rebellion in Mosul and CizreTemplate:Sfn
1262 22 February Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty: Mongol-allied warlord of Shandong, Li Tan, defects to the Song dynastyTemplate:Sfn
August Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty: Kublai Khan's Chinese generals Shi Tianze and Shi Chu crush Li Tan's forces and capture him; Li Tan is trampled to death by horsesTemplate:Sfn
summer Rebellions in Mosul and Cizre are suppressedTemplate:Sfn
November Hulagu Khan kills his vizier Saif-ud-Din Bitigchi and replaces him with Shams al-Din JuvayniTemplate:Sfn
Berke–Hulagu war: Berke of the Golden Horde allies with the Mamluks and invades AzerbaijanTemplate:Sfn
Hulagu Khan gives Khorasan and Mazandaran to his son Abaqa and Azerbaijan to his other son YoshmutTemplate:Sfn
Kublai Khan prohibits nomads' animals from roaming on farmlandsTemplate:Sfn
Kublai Khan appoints Ahmad Fanakati to the Central Secretariat to direct state financesTemplate:Sfn
1263 13 January Berke–Hulagu war: Berke defeats Hulagu Khan's army on the Terek RiverTemplate:Sfn
Kublai Khan reestablishes the Privy Council to oversee the Imperial Bodyguards and KheshigTemplate:Sfn
1264 Toluid Civil War: Kublai Khan defeats Ariq BökeTemplate:Sfn
Kublai Khan founds the Supreme Control Commission to administer Tibet and BuddhistsTemplate:Sfn
Mongol invasion of Byzantine Thrace: Berke attacks Thrace and secures the release of Kayqubad IITemplate:Sfn
1265 8 February Hulagu Khan dies and is succeeded by his son Abaqa KhanTemplate:Sfn
Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty: Song dynasty and Mongol forces clash in SichuanTemplate:Sfn
Niccolò and Maffeo Polo arrive at Kublai Khan's courtTemplate:Sfn
1266 9 July Kublai Khan appoints his son Nomukhan Beiping Wang (prince of the pacification of the north)Template:Sfn
Berke dies in Tbilisi and is succeeded by his grandnephew Mengu-TimurTemplate:Sfn
Alghu dies and is succeeded by Mubarak Shah, who is deposed by Ghiyas-ud-din BaraqTemplate:Sfn
Kublai Khan orders the construction of Daidu, known to the Chinese as Dadu, or Khanbalikh to the TurksTemplate:Sfn
1267 Drikung Kagyu rebels against the Supreme Control Commission and Kublai Khan dispatches forces to crush themTemplate:Sfn
Kublai Khan orders the construction of an Imperial Ancestral TempleTemplate:Sfn
Kublai Khan designates Xu Heng as chancellor of the GuozijianTemplate:Sfn
Mengu-Timur grants Genoa CaffaTemplate:Sfn
1268 Battle of Xiangyang: Mongol forces under Aju lay siege to XiangyangTemplate:Sfn
The rebellion in Tibet is suppressed and Drogön Chögyal Phagpa is reinstated along with a Mongol pacification commissionerTemplate:Sfn
Kublai Khan creates the "General Administration for the Supervision of Ortogh" (Muslim merchant association) to lend money at low interest to the ortoghTemplate:Sfn
1269 Kaidu–Kublai war: Kaidu, a grandson of Ögedei Khan, rebels against Kublai KhanTemplate:Sfn
Sambyeolcho Rebellion: Im Yeon engineers a coup against Wonjong of Goryeo and Kublai Khan sends 3,000 troops to vanquish the rebels and reinstate WonjongTemplate:Sfn
Golden Horde assists Vladimir-Suzdal in evicting the Germans from NarvaTemplate:Sfn
Drogön Chögyal Phagpa invents the 41 letter 'Phags-pa script, which Kublai Khan designates as the state scriptTemplate:Sfn
Niccolò and Maffeo Polo return to EuropeTemplate:Sfn

1270s

Year Date Event
1270 Mongol invasions of Tibet: Mongol forces crush the rebellion in Tibet and implement regular administrationTemplate:Sfn
Ghiyas-ud-din Baraq of the Chagatai Khanate invades the Ilkhanate but suffers defeatTemplate:Sfn
Kublai Khan founds the Institute of Muslim AstronomyTemplate:Sfn
1271 Ghiyas-ud-din Baraq dies and Kaidu takes control of the Chagatai Khanate, installing Negübei as puppet khanTemplate:Sfn
Kublai Khan declares himself emperor of the Yuan dynasty and for the first time, annual sacrifices at the altars of Soil and Grain are done in the Chinese style; so ends the unified Mongol EmpireTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn

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