Battle of Adrianople: Byzantine forces under Emperor
Theodore II (Laskaris) defeat the invading Bulgarians near
Adrianople. The young and inexperienced Tsar
Michael II Asen (also mentioned Michael I Asen) is caught by surprise and the Bulgarians suffer heavy losses. Michael is wounded during his hasty retreat through the forest.[1]
Europe
May 21 – King
Conrad IV, son of the late Emperor
Frederick II, dies of
malaria at
Lavello (southern
Italy). With Conrad's death a
interregnum begins, during which no ruler manages to gain undisputed control of
Germany. The 22-year-old
Manfred, half-brother of Conrad, refuses to surrender
Sicily to Pope
Innocent IV, and accepts the regency on behalf of Conrad's 2-year-old son
Conradin (the Younger).
King
Afonso III (the Boulonnais) holds the first session of the
Cortes (
Portugal's general assembly composed of nobles, members of the middle class and representatives from all municipalities), in
Leiria.
William II, anti-king of Germany, holds a diet (princely convention) at
Worms, in which the German cities are represented for the first time. He give orders to build strong castles in
Heemskerk and
Haarlem.
November 1 – Edward marries Eleanor of Castile in the
Cistercian monastery
Las Huelgas at Burgos. Henry III has demanded the marriage, in exchange for ending the war with half-brother Alfonso X.
April 24 – Louis IX and his family sails from
Acre to
France. His boat is nearly wrecked off the coast of
Cyprus and later nearly destroyed by fire. In July, the royal party arrives at
Hyères in
Provence.[4]
Asia
January 4 –
William of Rubruck, Flemish missionary and explorer, is received courteously with an embassy at
Karakorum. He is given an audience with
Möngke Khan, who is loaded with gifts and letters from Louis IX.[5]
The
Rhenish League, a confederation of trading cities, is established in the
Rhineland, Western Germany. The league (or Städtebund) comprises 59 cities.
Bab Bachir, spouse of last Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim.
References
^Eggenberger, David (1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 BC to the Present, p. 5. Courier Corporation.
ISBN978-0-486-24913-1.
^Hywel Williams (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History, p. 142.
ISBN0-304-35730-8.
^Prestwich, Michael (1997). Edward I, pp. 11–14. The English Monarchs Series. Yale University Press.
ISBN978-0-300-07209-9.
Battle of Adrianople: Byzantine forces under Emperor
Theodore II (Laskaris) defeat the invading Bulgarians near
Adrianople. The young and inexperienced Tsar
Michael II Asen (also mentioned Michael I Asen) is caught by surprise and the Bulgarians suffer heavy losses. Michael is wounded during his hasty retreat through the forest.[1]
Europe
May 21 – King
Conrad IV, son of the late Emperor
Frederick II, dies of
malaria at
Lavello (southern
Italy). With Conrad's death a
interregnum begins, during which no ruler manages to gain undisputed control of
Germany. The 22-year-old
Manfred, half-brother of Conrad, refuses to surrender
Sicily to Pope
Innocent IV, and accepts the regency on behalf of Conrad's 2-year-old son
Conradin (the Younger).
King
Afonso III (the Boulonnais) holds the first session of the
Cortes (
Portugal's general assembly composed of nobles, members of the middle class and representatives from all municipalities), in
Leiria.
William II, anti-king of Germany, holds a diet (princely convention) at
Worms, in which the German cities are represented for the first time. He give orders to build strong castles in
Heemskerk and
Haarlem.
November 1 – Edward marries Eleanor of Castile in the
Cistercian monastery
Las Huelgas at Burgos. Henry III has demanded the marriage, in exchange for ending the war with half-brother Alfonso X.
April 24 – Louis IX and his family sails from
Acre to
France. His boat is nearly wrecked off the coast of
Cyprus and later nearly destroyed by fire. In July, the royal party arrives at
Hyères in
Provence.[4]
Asia
January 4 –
William of Rubruck, Flemish missionary and explorer, is received courteously with an embassy at
Karakorum. He is given an audience with
Möngke Khan, who is loaded with gifts and letters from Louis IX.[5]
The
Rhenish League, a confederation of trading cities, is established in the
Rhineland, Western Germany. The league (or Städtebund) comprises 59 cities.
Bab Bachir, spouse of last Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim.
References
^Eggenberger, David (1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 BC to the Present, p. 5. Courier Corporation.
ISBN978-0-486-24913-1.
^Hywel Williams (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History, p. 142.
ISBN0-304-35730-8.
^Prestwich, Michael (1997). Edward I, pp. 11–14. The English Monarchs Series. Yale University Press.
ISBN978-0-300-07209-9.