August - The final Cathar stronghold in southern France falls, eliminating the last refuge of the heretical Cathars after the Roman Catholic Church engaged in a program to crush the sect, starting in 1209 with the Albigensian Crusade .
A survey of royal privileges is conducted, which is included in the Hundred Rolls , an EnglishCensus seen as a follow up to the Domesday Book completed in 1086 ; the Hundred Rolls is later completed with two larger surveys in 1274 / 1275 and 1279 / 1280 .
Central and eastern Europe
May - William Of Rubruck from Constantinople returns to Cyprus from his missionary journey to convert the Tatars of central and eastern Asia, his efforts having been unsuccessful.
