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1249

EVENTS

Europe

February 16 - Andrew Of Longjumeau is dispatched by King Louis IX Of France as an Ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols .

May 26 - Battle Of Fossalta

August 15 - The First Battle Of Athenry is fought in Galway , Ireland .

University College , the first College at Oxford, is founded with money gifted from the estate of William Of Durham .

The Moors lose possession of Alicante in Al-Andalus ( Islam ic Spain ).

King Afonso III Of Portugal captures Faro, Portugal from the Moors.

Roger Bacon publishes a major scientific work, including writings of Convex Lens Spectacles for treating Long-sightedness and the first publication of the formula for Gunpowder in the western world.

The city of Mystras , Greece is fortified and a palace is constructed there by William II Villehardouin .

The city of Stralsund (in present-day Germany ) is burned to the ground by forces from the rival city of Lübeck .

Swedish statesman Birger Jarl subjugates the province of Tavastia in Finland , laying the foundations for Sweden's expansionism.

Alphonse Of Toulouse orders the expulsion of Jew s from Poitou , France .

Asia

Pho Khun Si Indrathit becomes the first king of the Sukhothai Kingdom , marking the founding of the modern Thai nation.

The Hikitsuke , a judicial organ of the Kamakura and Muromachi Shogunate s of Japan , is established.

The Japanese Hoji era ends, and the Kencho era begins.

Africa

King Louis IX Of France captures Damietta in Egypt , the first major military engagement of the Seventh Crusade .

BIRTHS

July 9 - Emperor Kameyama of Japan (died 1305 )

Eric V Of Denmark (died 1286 )

Robert III Of Flanders

Frederick I, Margrave Of Baden (died 1268 )

Humphrey De Bohun, 3rd Earl Of Hereford (died 1297 )

Pope John XXII (died 1334 )

Menachem Meiri , rabbi

DEATHS

July 6 - King Alexander II Of Scotland (born 1198 )

September 27 - Count Raymond VII Of Toulouse (born 1197 )

As-Salih Ayyub , ruler of Egypt

Abu Zakariya , ruler of the Maghreb (born 1203 )

William Of Sherwood , English logician (born 1190 )

SEE ALSO

List Of State Leaders In 1249