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1262

EVENTS

King Mindaugas of Lithuania renounces Christianity , returning to his Pagan roots and reverting to Grand Duke of Lithuania.

The Icelandic Commonwealth enters into a treaty establishing a union with Norway and acknowledges Norwegian King Haakon IV as its ruler.

Strasbourg becomes an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire .

King Henry III Of England obtains a Papal Bull releasing him from the Provisions Of Oxford , preceding the Second Barons' War , a civil war started in 1263 .

King Mengrai of the Lannathai kingdom in present day Thailand founds the city of Chiang Rai as the kingdom's first capital.

Adam De La Halle writes the first Operetta , "Le Jeu de la Feuillee".

Richard Of Chichester is Canonized as a Saint ; he is best known for authoring the prayer later adapted into the song ''Day by Day'' in the musical Godspell .

BIRTHS

July 2 - Arthur II, Duke Of Brittany (died 1312 )

Ladislaus IV Of Hungary (died 1290 )

Hugh Le Despenser, 1st Earl Of Winchester (died 1326 )

DEATHS

July 15 - Richard De Clare, 6th Earl Of Hertford , English soldier (born 1222 )

Aegidius Of Assisi , companion of Saint Francis Of Assisi

Shinran Shonin , Japanese founder of the Jodo Shinshu branch of Pure Land Buddhism

SEE ALSO

List Of State Leaders In 1262