1240 (MCCXL) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1240th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 240th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 13th century, and the 1st year of the 1240s decade. As of the start of 1240, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 12th century13th century14th century
Decades: 1210s  1220s  1230s  – 1240s –  1250s  1260s  1270s
Years: 1237 1238 123912401241 1242 1243
1240 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1240
MCCXL
Ab urbe condita1993
Armenian calendar689
ԹՎ ՈՁԹ
Assyrian calendar5990
Balinese saka calendar1161–1162
Bengali calendar647
Berber calendar2190
English Regnal year24 Hen. 3 – 25 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar1784
Burmese calendar602
Byzantine calendar6748–6749
Chinese calendar己亥(Earth Pig)
3936 or 3876
    — to —
庚子年 (Metal Rat)
3937 or 3877
Coptic calendar956–957
Discordian calendar2406
Ethiopian calendar1232–1233
Hebrew calendar5000–5001
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1296–1297
 - Shaka Samvat1161–1162
 - Kali Yuga4340–4341
Holocene calendar11240
Igbo calendar240–241
Iranian calendar618–619
Islamic calendar637–638
Japanese calendarEn'ō 2 / Ninji 1
(仁治元年)
Javanese calendar1149–1150
Julian calendar1240
MCCXL
Korean calendar3573
Minguo calendar672 before ROC
民前672年
Nanakshahi calendar−228
Thai solar calendar1782–1783
Tibetan calendar阴土猪年
(female Earth-Pig)
1366 or 985 or 213
    — to —
阳金鼠年
(male Iron-Rat)
1367 or 986 or 214

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