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EVENTS
Pope Martin IV
authorizes the
Ninth Crusade
against the newly re-established
Byzantine Empire
in
Constantinople
;
French
and
Venetian
expeditions set out toward Constantinople but are forced to turn back in the following year.
Middle East
October 29
-
Mamluk
sultan
Qalawun
defeats an invasion of
Syria
by
Mongol
Ilkhan
Abaqa Khan
at the
2nd Battle Of Homs
.
Osman I
, founder of the
Ottoman Empire
, becomes ''
Bey
'' of the
Sögüt
tribe in central
Anatolia
; in
1299
he will declare independence from the
Seljuk Turks
, marking the birth of the Ottoman Empire.
An offensive by the
Byzantine Empire
significantly reduces the size of the
Kingdom Of Albania
, as it recaptures land seized from the
Despotate Of Epirus
by
Charles I Of Sicily
ten years earlier.
Asia
August 15
- The second
Mongol
Invasion Of Japan
is foiled at the
Battle Of Kouan
(or
Battle Of Kyushu
) as a large
Typhoon
— famously called a ''
Kamikaze
'', or divine wind — destroys much of the combined
Chinese
and
Korea
n fleet and forces, numbering over 140,000 men and 4,000 ships.
Kublai Khan
orders the burning of sacred
Taoist
texts, resulting in the reduction in number of volumes of the
Dao Zheng
(Taoist Canon) from 4,565 to 1,120.
The
Mon
kingdom of
Haripunchai
falls as its capital
Lamphun
(in present-day
Thailand
) is captured by King
Mengrai
's
Lannathai
kingdom.
BIRTHS
Richard De Bury
, English statesman (died
1345
)
Castruccio Castracani
, duke of
Lucca
(died
1328
)
Yuri III Danilovich
, Grand Prince of Russia (died
1325
)
Henry, 3rd Earl Of Lancaster
(died
1345
)
Hamdollah Mostowfi
, Ilkhanid Iranian historian (died
1349
)
Rudolph I Of Bohemia
(died
1307
)
DEATHS
Ertuğrul
, father of
Osman I
(born
1198
)
Traidenis
,
Grand Prince
of
Lithuania