Events
War and politics
★ October - King
Alexander III of Scotland defeats the Viking armada of King
Haakon IV of Norway in the
Battle of Largs.
★ King
James I of Aragon conquers
Crevillente,
Spain from the
Moors during the
Reconquista.
★
Mindaugas, the only
Christian king of
Lithuania, is assassinated by his cousin
Treniota.
★ The chieftains of the eastern part of Iceland become the last to pledge fealty to the Norwegian king, bringing a more complete end to the
Icelandic Commonwealth and the
Icelandic civil war.
★
Genoa captures the city of
Chania on
Crete from the
Venetians.
★
Hulagu Khan is defeated in an attempted invasion north of the
Caucasus.
★ Based on
Magdeburg Law Żnin (Poland) was given
city rights
Culture
★
Nahmanides, chief
rabbi of
Catalonia, defends the
Talmud in an important
disputation against
Pablo Christiani before King
James I of Aragon.
★ The doctrines of
theologian Joachim of Fiore are condemned as
heresy by the
Roman Catholic Church at a
synod in
Arles.
★
Balliol College, Oxford is founded by
John de Balliol.
★ The
Savoy Palace is constructed in
London by Count
Peter II of Savoy.
Births
★
January 22 -
Ibn Taymiya, Syrian philosopher and jurist (died
1328)
★
Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (died
1312)
Deaths
★
March 19 -
Hugh of St Cher, French cardinal
★
September 12 -
Mindaugas, King of Lithuania
★
November 14 -
Alexander Nevsky, Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir
★
December 15 - King
Haakon IV of Norway (born
1204)
★
Hamo de Crevequer, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
★ Count
Boniface of Savoy
★
HÅjÅ Tokiyori, regent of Japan (born
1227)