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Krak des Chevaliers, the greatest fortress built by medieval crusaders in the Levant, is finally taken by the forces of

Krak des Chevaliers, the greatest fortress built by medieval crusaders in the Levant, is finally taken by the forces of Mamlūk sultan Baybars I

Krak des Chevaliers, the greatest fortress built by medieval crusaders in the Levant, is finally taken by the forces of Mamlūk sultan Baybars I

Events Before

  1. Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special cone shaped hats as a means of identification, the traditional g

    Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special cone shaped hats as a means of identification, the traditional garb had become less prevalent

  2. Conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the German Hohenstaufen dynasty of kings and Holy Roman Emperors, is executed

    Conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the German Hohenstaufen dynasty of kings and Holy Roman Emperors, is executed with Frederick I, Margrave of Baden, by Charles I of Sicily

  3. Battle of Wesenberg: Livonian Brothers of the Sword fight the forces of Novgorod and Pskov, led by Dmitry of Pereslavl n

    Battle of Wesenberg: Livonian Brothers of the Sword fight the forces of Novgorod and Pskov, led by Dmitry of Pereslavl near Rakvere in modern-day Estonia; both sides claim victory

  4. The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch

    The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch

  5. The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis ends by agreement between Charles I of Sicily, brother to King Louis IX of France,

    The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis ends by agreement between Charles I of Sicily, brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier, and the sultan of Tunis

Events After

  1. Beauvais Cathedral's choir and transept, designed to be the largest French Gothic cathedral ever built, is completed

    Beauvais Cathedral's choir and transept, designed to be the largest French Gothic cathedral ever built, is completed

  2. Count Rudolf van Habsburg becomes the first King of the Germans

    The House of Habsburg, also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most powerful dynasties in the history of Europe and European influenced polities.

  3. Around 1,000 soldiers of the Mongol army land on the Japanese island of Tsushima in the first attack of Kublai Khan's Mo

    Around 1,000 soldiers of the Mongol army land on the Japanese island of Tsushima in the first attack of Kublai Khan's Mongol invasion of Japan

  4. Second Council of Lyon (14th ecumenical council) opens, convened by Pope Gregory X

    The Second Council of Lyon was the fourteenth ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, convoked on 31 March 1272 and convened in Lyon, Kingdom of Arles (in modern France), in 1274.

  5. Mongol army lands at Hakata Bay in Japan during their first invasion attempt and are defeated; a typhoon destroys most o

    Mongol army lands at Hakata Bay in Japan during their first invasion attempt and are defeated; a typhoon destroys most of their fleet as they withdraw

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