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University of Salamanca granted a royal charter by Alfonso IX. Third oldest university still operating and the oldest Hi

University of Salamanca granted a royal charter by Alfonso IX. Third oldest university still operating and the oldest Hispanic.

University of Salamanca granted a royal charter by Alfonso IX. Third oldest university still operating and the oldest Hispanic.

Events Before

  1. Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull Ad Extirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the torture of heretics in the Me

    Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull Ad Extirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition

  2. King Alfonso X 'the Wise', King of Castile & Leon crowned

    Alfonso X (also known as the Wise, Spanish: el Sabio; 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284) was King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1 June 1252 until his death in 1284.

  3. -May 7th) Utrecht destroyed by fire

    -May 7th) Utrecht destroyed by fire

  4. Battle at Westkapelle - Floris de Voogd 'the Guardian' defeats Guy of Dampierre

    Battle at Westkapelle - Floris de Voogd 'the Guardian' defeats Guy of Dampierre

  5. Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania

    Mindaugas (1203 – 12 September 1263) was the first known Grand Duke of Lithuania and the only crowned King of Lithuania.

Events After

  1. Königsberg (modern day Kaliningrad) founded by Teutonic Knights and named in honor of the Bohemian King Ottokar II

    Kaliningrad (known as Königsberg until 1946) is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, an exclave of Russia between Lithuania and Poland (663 kilometres (412 mi) west of...

  2. Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran as part of the Mongol offensi

    Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran as part of the Mongol offensive in Southwest Asia

  3. The Grand Union of the Augustinian order formed when Pope Alexander IV issues papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae

    The Grand Union of the Augustinian order formed when Pope Alexander IV issues papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae

  4. Augustinian monastic order constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues papal bull Licet ecclesiae

    Augustinian monastic order constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae

  5. Kraków, Poland, receives city rights

    Kraków, Poland, receives city rights

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