Sacking of Suzdal by Batu Khan in February 1238: a Miniature ( illuminated manuscript ) | miniature from the 16th-century chronicle

Sacking of Suzdal by Batu Khan in February 1238: a Miniature ( illuminated manuscript ) | miniature from the 16th century chronicle

As the empire grew, Ogedei established a Mongol capital at Karakorum in northwestern Mongolia. Sacking of Suzdal by Batu Khan in February, 1238: a Miniature ( illuminated manuscript ) | miniature from the 16th century chronicle.

* May 21 – Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces ( the " Sacking of Lawrence ").

The town was the site of the September 1861 Sacking of Osceola by Jayhawkers in which the town was burned and its courthouse looted.

His raids culminated in the Sacking of Osceola, in which Lane's forces killed at least nine men, then pillaged, looted, and then burned the town ; these events inspired the novel Gone to Texas by Forrest Carter, which was the basis for the 1976 Clint Eastwood movie The Outlaw Josey Wales.

Sacking out is a method used by horse trainers to desensitize a horse to potentially frightening situations or objects.

The cannon was seized by pro-slavery forces in 1856 and fired during the Sacking of Lawrence.

* May 21, 1856: Lawrence, Kansas captured and burned by pro-slavery forces ( the " Sacking of Lawrence ").

From the ages of 6 to 9, Alexei was educated by his tutor Vyazemsky, but after the removal of his mother by Peter the Great to the Suzdal Intercession Convent, Alexei was confined to the care of educated foreigners, who taught him history, geography, mathematics and French.

After having spoken to Maxim Rudometkin, Tolstoy found no basis for his life imprisonment, and so by favor of the Grand Duke, had him reassigned closer to his home at the Suzdal Monastery prison where he remained for 9 years.

Destruction of Suzdal by the Mongol armies.

Destruction of Suzdal by the Mongol armies.

By the end of the 12th century, the capital of Duchy was burnt several times by the armies of Suzdal.

In autumn 1611, when Pozharsky was recuperating at his Puretsky patrimony near Suzdal, he was approached by a delegation of burghers who offered him to assume command of the second Volunteer Army then gathered in Nizhny Novgorod.

Beginning in 1382, the sect was opposed by Archbishop Dionysios of Suzdal.

Yuri Dolgoruky's eldest son by his second marriage, Mikhalko Yuryevich was removed from the Suzdal lands by his half-brother Andrei Bogolyubsky, who apparently disliked his mother.

Upon Andrei's death, Mikhalko Yuryevich succeeded him in Vladimir, but the hostilities with boyars of Suzdal and Rostov, who felt neglected by the rise of Vladimir, forced him to leave for Chernigov.

For example, there were numerous pagan uprisings in the principalities of Suzdal and Rostov until the twelfth century, led by the volkhvy ( волхвы, or pagan priests ).

Since 1403, the area was held by a branch of the House of Suzdal, which got their name " Shuysky " after the town.

The original version arose after 1215 but not later than 1230 out of the correspondence of two monks of the monastery: monk Simon ( by then the bishop of Suzdal and Vladimir ) and monk Polikarp, who used the epistolary form as a literary device.

According to folk etymology, the name of the town came from the royal residence of Kideksha ( near Suzdal ), ransacked by the Mongols in 1237, while Max Vasmer labels the place-name as " obscure ".

The two men maintained an uneasy peace for much of the next decade until 1445, when Vasily II was taken prisoner by Olug Moxammat after the Muscovite forces were surprised by the Tatar prince outside Suzdal, Shemyaka seized Moscow, had the recently-released Vasily blinded and proclaimed himself the Grand Prince of Vladimir.

Rivals Konstantin of Tver and Konstantin of Suzdal also paid their homage to the Khan, claiming seniority over Moscow princes.

After the Battle of Suzdal in 1445 ( in which Great Duke Vasili II was taken prisoner ), the Meschyora lands were given to Olug Moxammat, Khan of Kazan Khanate as a ransom for the sovereign's life.

On arrival at the supreme Mongol court — either that on the Imyl river ( near Lake Alakol and the present Russo-Chinese frontier in the Altay ), or more probably at or near Karakorum itself, south-west of Lake Baikal — Andrew found Güyük Khan dead, poisoned, as the envoy supposed, by Batu Khan's agents.

** The Batu Lintang camp in Sarawak, Borneo is liberated by Australian forces.

* A kurultai is called by Batu Khan in Siberia as part of maneuverings to eventually elect Möngke Khan as khan of the Mongol empire in 1251.

* Volga Bulgaria is conquered by Mongol khan Batu.

* After turning aside south for 15 years to invade the Caucasus, Asia Minor and Persia — united now under Batu Khan with representatives of all 4 khanates leading 150, 000 Mongol, Turkish and Persian troops into Europe, resume the European invasion with the resumption of Mongol invasion of Rus ' foreshadowed by.

Batu Khan's full-scale invasion of Rus ' occurred from 1237 to 1240 ; the campaign was ended by a Mongol succession crisis.

The vast Mongol hordes of around 35, 000 mounted archers, commanded by Batu Khan and Subutai, crossed the Volga River and invaded Volga Bulgaria in the autumn of 1236.

The name Venice of the East was coined by Antonio Pigafetta in honor of the water village he encountered at Kota Batu ( just east of city's central business district ).

Already in January 1241 Batu had sent some reconnaissance troops to Lublin and Zawichost, but the real invasion was launched a month later, by an army of 10, 000 men under the leadership of Lord Orda.

Batu Caves was promoted as a place of worship by K. Thamboosamy Pillai, an Indian trader.

Batu Malai Sri Subramaniar Temple is managed by the Board of Management of Sri Maha Mariamman Temple Devasthanam, which also manages the Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Kuala Lumpur and the Kortumalai Pillaiyar Temple.

Batu Caves is easily reached by Komuter train from KL Sentral station, costing RM 2 for a one-way journey.

Batu Caves may also be reached by bus 11 / 11d from Bangkok Bank Terminus ( Near to Puduraya Terminus ) or bus U6 from Titiwangsa.

But it has been suggested that it may also have been due to an actual golden tent used by Batu Khan or by Uzbek Khan.

The westernmost lands occupied by the Mongols, which included southern Russia and Kazakhstan, were given to Jochi's eldest sons: Batu, who eventually became the ruler of the Blue Horde ; and Orda, who became the leader of the White Horde.

Thanks to his friendship with Sartaq, Alexander was installed as the Grand Prince of Vladimir ( i. e., the supreme Russian ruler ) by Batu in 1252.

After Batu died in 1256, his son Sartaq was appointed by Mongke.

Their supreme ruler was the Khan, chosen by the kurultai among Batu Khan's descendants.

According to Michael Prawdin, the country of Bela was assigned to Orda by Batu as an appanage.

Yaroslav was well received by Batu, who confirmed him as suzerain over the other Russian princes, and gave him authority of Kiev.

Batu, addressing him, said " You have for a long time refused to come, but have effaced your ill conduct by your obedience " and saluted him with a draught of airag.

Mongke sent Buri to Batu who had him executed by Buri's opponent general.