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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