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1278

EVENTS

August 26 - Kings Rudolph I Of Germany and Ladislaus IV Of Hungary defeat King Otakar II Of Bohemia in the Battle Of Marchfield , a match of over 80,000 men and the largest battle of Knight s in the Middle Ages . The battle ends a power struggle between Rudolph and Otakar over the fate of central Europe , and Rudolph's Habsburg family will continue to rule Austria and other captured territories until the end of World War I in 1918 .

The independence, boundaries, and political structure of Andorra are agreed to by the Spanish Bishop Of Urgell and the French Count Of Foix .

The earliest known written copy of the Avesta , a collection of ancient sacred Persian Zoroastrian texts previously passed down orally, is produced.

An edict by Pope Nicholas III requires all Jew s to attend conversion sermons.

The Japanese Era Kenji ends, and the Koan era begins.

BIRTHS

Constantine III Of Armenia (died c. 1310 )

Ferdinand Of Majorca (died 1316 )

Philip I Of Taranto (d. 1332 )

DEATHS

February 10 - Margaret II, Countess Of Flanders (born 1202 )

May 1 - William II Villehardouin

May 8 - Emperor Duanzong of China (born 1268 )

June 30 - Pierre De La Broce , French courtier

August 26 - King Otakar II Of Bohemia

Al-Nawawi , Syrian writer (born 1233 )

Ulrich Von Liechtenstein , knight, politician, and minnesinger (born 1200 )

Nicola Pisano , Italian sculptor