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Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt, Germany

Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt, Germany

Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt, Germany

Events Before

  1. Constantinople recaptured by Nicaean forces under Alexios Strategopoulos for Emperor Michael VIII, re-establishing Byzan

    Constantinople recaptured by Nicaean forces under Alexios Strategopoulos for Emperor Michael VIII, re-establishing Byzantine Empire

  2. Flemish Dutch coast ravaged by north westerly storm

    Flemish Dutch coast ravaged by north westerly storm

  3. Arthur II is born

    Arthur II is born

  4. King James I of Aragon censors Hebrew writing

    King James I of Aragon censors Hebrew writing

  5. The battle of Largs: Scots defeat the Norwegians on the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, returning the Western Isles to Scotlan

    The battle of Largs: Scots defeat the Norwegians on the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, returning the Western Isles to Scotland and ending 500 years of Viking invasions

Events After

  1. First English Parliament is summoned without royal command, in this instance by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester. It

    First English Parliament is summoned without royal command, in this instance by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester. It meets in Westminster Hall.

  2. First English Parliament not summoned by the monarch formally convenes

    A parliament is a type of legislature, or law-making body, of a state. Generally, a parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the executive government...

  3. Eleanor de Montfort, wife of slain baron rebellion leader Simon de Montfort and sister of King Henry III, leaves England

    Eleanor de Montfort, wife of slain baron rebellion leader Simon de Montfort and sister of King Henry III, leaves England for exile in France after negotiating an end to the siege of Dover Castle [1]

  4. Battle of Benevento fought in Southern Italy between Manfred of Sicily and army of Charles of Anjou

    The Battle of Benevento was a major medieval battle fought on 26 February 1266, near Benevento in present-day Southern Italy, between the forces of Charles I of Anjou and those of King Manfred of...

  5. Pope Clement IV commissions English philosopher Roger Bacon to begin "writings and remedies for current conditions" ie.

    Pope Clement IV commissions English philosopher Roger Bacon to begin "writings and remedies for current conditions" ie. write a summary of the sciences (results in his 1267 "opus major")

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