February 21 – Charles signs a treaty, and is proclaimed
King of Albania. He promises to protect the nobles, and to honor the privileges they have from the
Byzantine Empire. The treaty declares the union between the Kingdom of Albania (Latin: Regnum Albanie) and the Kingdom of Sicily, under Charles' rule. He appoints
Gazo Chinard as his vicar-general, and sends his Sicilian fleet to
Achaea, to defend the principality against Byzantine attacks.[1]
June – Marinid forces land in
Spain, and ravage the countryside. They kill and capture many, and plunder livestock. The Marinids attack the castle of
Vejer de la Frontera in
Andalusia. On hearing the news, King
Alfonso X (the Wise) abandons his meeting with Sultan
Muhammad I, and orders an all-out war against
Granada.[2]
November – Charles I orders his officials to take all Genoese prisoner within his territories, except for the
Guelphs and to seize their property. The Sicilian fleet occupies
Ajaccio on
Corsica. Pope
Gregory X condemns the aggressive policy of Charles and proposes that the Genoese elect Guelph officials.[4]
May 22 – King
Hugh III (the Great) signs a peace with Sultan
Baibars, Mamluk ruler of
Egypt, at
Caesarea. The
Kingdom of Jerusalem is guaranteed for 10 years the possession of its present lands, which consists mainly of the narrow coastal plain from
Acre to
Sidon, together with the right to use without hindrance the pilgrim-road to
Nazareth. The
County of Tripoli is safeguarded by the peace treaty.[6]
June 16 – Edward (the Lord Edward) prevents an assassination attempt at Acre. A Syrian
Nizari (or Assassin) supposedly sent by Baibars penetrates into the prince's chamber and stabs him with a poisoned dagger. The wound is not fatal, but Edward is seriously ill for some months. Baibars hastens to dissociate himself from the deed by sending his congratulations on the prince's escape.[7]
August 18 – Nubian forces sack the Egyptian
Red Sea outpost of
Aydhab and raid the southern frontier city of
Aswan. In return, Baibars invades the kingdom of
Makuria.[8]
^Dunbabin, Jean (1998). Charles I of Anjou. Power, Kingship, and State-Making in Thirteenth-Century Europe, p. 91. Bloomsbury.
ISBN978-1-78093-767-0.
^Joseph F. O'Callaghan (2011). The Gibraltar Crusade: Castile and the Battle for the Strait, p. 56.
ISBN978-0-8122-2302-6.
^John V.A. Fine Jr. (1987). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest, p. 181. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
ISBN0-472-08260-4.
^Steven Runciman (1958). The Sicilian Vespers: A History of the Mediterranean World in the Later Thirteenth Century, p. 156. Cambridge University Press.
ISBN978-1-107-60474-2.
^Carpenter, David (2004). The Struggle for Mastery: The Penguin History of Britain 1066–1284, p. 46. London, UK: Penguin.
ISBN978-0-14-014824-4.
February 21 – Charles signs a treaty, and is proclaimed
King of Albania. He promises to protect the nobles, and to honor the privileges they have from the
Byzantine Empire. The treaty declares the union between the Kingdom of Albania (Latin: Regnum Albanie) and the Kingdom of Sicily, under Charles' rule. He appoints
Gazo Chinard as his vicar-general, and sends his Sicilian fleet to
Achaea, to defend the principality against Byzantine attacks.[1]
June – Marinid forces land in
Spain, and ravage the countryside. They kill and capture many, and plunder livestock. The Marinids attack the castle of
Vejer de la Frontera in
Andalusia. On hearing the news, King
Alfonso X (the Wise) abandons his meeting with Sultan
Muhammad I, and orders an all-out war against
Granada.[2]
November – Charles I orders his officials to take all Genoese prisoner within his territories, except for the
Guelphs and to seize their property. The Sicilian fleet occupies
Ajaccio on
Corsica. Pope
Gregory X condemns the aggressive policy of Charles and proposes that the Genoese elect Guelph officials.[4]
May 22 – King
Hugh III (the Great) signs a peace with Sultan
Baibars, Mamluk ruler of
Egypt, at
Caesarea. The
Kingdom of Jerusalem is guaranteed for 10 years the possession of its present lands, which consists mainly of the narrow coastal plain from
Acre to
Sidon, together with the right to use without hindrance the pilgrim-road to
Nazareth. The
County of Tripoli is safeguarded by the peace treaty.[6]
June 16 – Edward (the Lord Edward) prevents an assassination attempt at Acre. A Syrian
Nizari (or Assassin) supposedly sent by Baibars penetrates into the prince's chamber and stabs him with a poisoned dagger. The wound is not fatal, but Edward is seriously ill for some months. Baibars hastens to dissociate himself from the deed by sending his congratulations on the prince's escape.[7]
August 18 – Nubian forces sack the Egyptian
Red Sea outpost of
Aydhab and raid the southern frontier city of
Aswan. In return, Baibars invades the kingdom of
Makuria.[8]
^Dunbabin, Jean (1998). Charles I of Anjou. Power, Kingship, and State-Making in Thirteenth-Century Europe, p. 91. Bloomsbury.
ISBN978-1-78093-767-0.
^Joseph F. O'Callaghan (2011). The Gibraltar Crusade: Castile and the Battle for the Strait, p. 56.
ISBN978-0-8122-2302-6.
^John V.A. Fine Jr. (1987). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest, p. 181. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
ISBN0-472-08260-4.
^Steven Runciman (1958). The Sicilian Vespers: A History of the Mediterranean World in the Later Thirteenth Century, p. 156. Cambridge University Press.
ISBN978-1-107-60474-2.
^Carpenter, David (2004). The Struggle for Mastery: The Penguin History of Britain 1066–1284, p. 46. London, UK: Penguin.
ISBN978-0-14-014824-4.