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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

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

Events Before

  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. 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...

  4. 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")

  5. Treaty of Perth: Norway recognises Scottish sovereignty over the Hebrides and the Isle of Man

    The Outer Hebrides or Western Isles, sometimes known as the Long Isle or Long Island (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Eilean Fada), is an island chain off the west coast of mainland Scotland.

Events After

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China

    The Yuan dynasty, officially the Great Yuan, was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division.

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