1236

1236 (MCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1236th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 236th year of the 2nd millennium, the 36th year of the 13th century, and the 7th year of the 1230s decade. As of the start of 1236, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century – 13th century – 14th century
Decades:	1200s  1210s  1220s  – 1230s –  1240s  1250s  1260s
Years:	1233 1234 1235 – 1236 – 1237 1238 1239

1236 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1236 MCCXXXVI
Ab urbe condita	1989
Armenian calendar	685 ԹՎ ՈՁԵ
Assyrian calendar	5986
Balinese saka calendar	1157–1158
Bengali calendar	643
Berber calendar	2186
English Regnal year	20 Hen. 3 – 21 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar	1780
Burmese calendar	598
Byzantine calendar	6744–6745
Chinese calendar	乙未年 (Wood Goat) 3932 or 3872     — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 3933 or 3873
Coptic calendar	952–953
Discordian calendar	2402
Ethiopian calendar	1228–1229
Hebrew calendar	4996–4997
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1292–1293
- Shaka Samvat	1157–1158
- Kali Yuga	4336–4337
Holocene calendar	11236
Igbo calendar	236–237
Iranian calendar	614–615
Islamic calendar	633–634
Japanese calendar	Katei 2 (嘉禎２年)
Javanese calendar	1145–1146
Julian calendar	1236 MCCXXXVI
Korean calendar	3569
Minguo calendar	676 before ROC 民前676年
Nanakshahi calendar	−232
Thai solar calendar	1778–1779
Tibetan calendar	阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1362 or 981 or 209     — to — 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1363 or 982 or 210

Events

• January 14 – Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
• May 6 – Roger of Wendover, Benedictine monk and chronicler of St Albans Abbey dies. His chronicle is continued by Matthew Paris.
• September 22 – Lithuanians and Semigallians beat Livonian Brothers of the Sword in Battle of Siauliai
• Volga Bulgaria is conquered by Mongol khan Batu.
• Córdoba was retaken for Christianity as part of the Reconquista in 1236, and became a centre of activity against the remaining Islamic population.
• Accession of Razia al-Din to the Sultanate of Delhi.

Deaths

• Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti,a Sufi Saint.
• Iltutmish