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Duke Frederick II of Austria issues a charter extending rights and protection for Jews - 1st territorial ruler to claim

Duke Frederick II of Austria issues a charter extending rights and protection for Jews - 1st territorial ruler to claim Jews as his own subjects [1]

Duke Frederick II of Austria issues a charter extending rights and protection for Jews - 1st territorial ruler to claim Jews as his own subjects [1]

Events Before

  1. Mongolian armies rout the forces of Boleslaw IV at Chmielnik and sack and burn the city of Kraków to the ground

    Mongolian armies rout the forces of Boleslaw IV at Chmielnik and sack and burn the city of Kraków to the ground

  2. Battle on the Ice: Russian Prince of Novgorod Alexander Nevsky defeats the Teutonic Knights on the frozen Lake Peipus be

    Battle on the Ice: Russian Prince of Novgorod Alexander Nevsky defeats the Teutonic Knights on the frozen Lake Peipus between Estonia and Russia

  3. Twenty-four wagonloads of Talmudic books are burned in Paris

    Twenty-four wagonloads of Talmudic books are burned in Paris

  4. Sinibaldo dei Fieschi elected as Pope Innocentius IV

    Pope Innocent IV (Latin: Innocentius IV; c. 1195 – 7 December 1254), born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 June 1243 to his death in...

  5. Battle of Köse Dağ: Mongols under Baiju defeat Seljuk army of Sultan Kaykhusraw II during Mongol attacks in north east T

    Battle of Köse Dağ: Mongols under Baiju defeat Seljuk army of Sultan Kaykhusraw II during Mongol attacks in north east Turkey

Events After

  1. Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after having confessed to torture and forgery

    Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after having confessed to torture and forgery

  2. Franciscan envoys Giovanni da Pian del Carpine and Benedict to Pole depart Lyon on first Catholic mission to the Mongols

    Franciscan envoys Giovanni da Pian del Carpine and Benedict to Pole depart Lyon on first Catholic mission to the Mongols. Carpine returns 1247 as first European with account of a Mongolian court

  3. 1st Council of Lyon (13th ecumenical council) opens

    1st Council of Lyon (13th ecumenical council) opens

  4. Pope bans Emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time

    Pope bans Emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time

  5. Battle at Leitha river between Hungarian forces of King Béla IV of Hungary and Austrian army of Duke Frederick II - Aust

    Battle at Leitha river between Hungarian forces of King Béla IV of Hungary and Austrian army of Duke Frederick II - Austrian victory but Frederick is killed

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