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1271

EVENTS

Europe

July 2 - Kings Otakar II Of Bohemia and Stephen V Of Hungary sign the first Peace Of Pressburg , settling territorial claims following the failed invasion of Hungary by Otakar II.

September 1 - Pope Gregory X is elected pope by compromise between French and Italian Cardinals , ending a three-year Conclave , the longest ever.

The County of Toulouse is returned to the crown of France .

Marco Polo departs from Venice with his father and uncle on his famous journey to Kublai Khan 's China .

The construction of Caerphilly Castle , the largest in Wales , is completed.

Construction of the Belaya Vezha in Belarus is begun.

North Africa and the Middle East

April 8 - Mamluk sultan Baibars continues his territorial expansion, capturing the strategically important castle Krak Des Chevaliers from the Knights Hospitaller in present-day Syria .

Mamluk sultan Baibars conducts an unsuccessful siege of the city of Tripoli , and also fails in an attempted naval invasion of Cyprus .

Edward I Of England and Charles Of Anjou arrive in Acre , starting the Ninth Crusade against Baibars ; however, they are unable to capture any territory and a peace is quickly negotiated.

Asia

September 12 - According to the followers of Nichiren Buddhism , the sect's founder, Nichiren , reaches a turning point known as ''hosshaku kempon'' as he discards his identity as a mortal priest and begins to reveal himself as a reincarnation of the Buddha .

December 18 - Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuan2), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China .

The Nakhi kingdom of the northern Himalayan foothills is annexed by the Mongol Empire 's Yuan Dynasty .

BIRTHS

September 8 - Charles Martel D'Anjou , son of Charles II Of Naples (died 1295 )

September 17 - King Wenceslaus II Of Bohemia and Poland (died 1305 )

November 5 - Mahmud Ghazan , Persian ruler (died 1304 )

Joan Of Acre , daughter of King Edward I Of England (died 1307 )

Duke Rudolph II Of Austria (died 1290 )

Emperor Bing Of Song China (died 1279 )

May - Joan Of Acre (died 1307 )

Mikhail Yaroslavich , Grand Prince of Vladimir (died 1318 )

Elizabeth Of Portugal , queen of Denis Of Portugal (died 1336 )

DEATHS

January 28 - Isabella Of Aragon , queen of Philip III Of France (born 1247 )

March 13 - Henry Of Almain , English crusader (born 1235 )

August 21 - Alphonse Of Toulouse , son of Louis VIII Of France (born 1220 )

October 27 - Hugh IV, Duke Of Burgundy , French crusader (born 1213 )

Hajji Bektash Wali , Turkish mystic (born 1209 )

Richard De Grey , Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

Baraq , khan

Yaroslav Of Tver , Grand Duke of Vladimir

Walter De Burgh, 1st Earl Of Ulster (born 1220 )