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*1211 Venetian crusaders conquer Byzantine Crete.
*1224 The Byzantines recover Thessaloniki and surrounding area, liberated by the Greek ruler of Epirus Theodore Ducas Comnenus.
*1231 Monk-martyrs and Confessors of the Monastery of Panagia of [[w:Kantara Castle|Kantara]], on Cyprus, who suffered under the Latins (1231).<ref>''[http://days.pravoslavie.ru/en/Days/20110519.htm May 19/June 1].'' Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).</ref><ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{el icon}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3267/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βαρνάβας, Γεννάδιος, Γεράσιμος, Γερμανός, Θεόγνωστος, Θεόκτιστος, Ἱερεμίας, Ἰωάννης, Ἰωσήφ, Κόνων, Κύριλλος, Μάξιμος καὶ Μάρκος οἱ Ὁσιομάρτυρες]. '' 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref>
*1234 Delegates of the two churches met first at [[Nicaea]] and then at [[w:Nymphaion_(Ionia)#History|Nymphaeum]] (Asia Minor), negotiating the issues related to the union of the Churches, including dogmatic issues, however the dialogue came to a dead end.<ref name=BANEV>Banev Guentcho. ''[http://asiaminor.ehw.gr/forms/fLemmaBodyExtended.aspx?lemmaID=9275 John III Vatatzes].'' Transl. Koutras, Nikolaos. '''Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor (EHW)'''. 12/16/2002.</ref>
*1236 Pope [[w:Pope Gregory IX|Gregory IX]] issued a crusading bull authorizing a crusade against the Byzantines under Emperor [[John III Doukas Vatatzes|John Vatatzes]], on the occasion of the joint Byzantine-Bulgarian siege of Latin Constantinople.<ref name="BANEV"/>
