18th February » The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
18th March » Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares himself King of Jerusalem in the Sixth Crusade.
12th September » The Aragonese army under the command of James I of Aragon disembarks at Santa Ponça, Majorca, with the purpose of conquering the island.
13th September » Ögedei Khan is proclaimed Khagan of the Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Khentii: Mongolia.
31st December » James I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Majorca named Palma, Spain) thus consummating the Christian reconquest of the island of Majorca.
Famous Deaths in History for 1229
17th January » Albert of Riga, German bishop (b. 1165)