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1263

CATEGORIES ABOUT 1263

SHOPPER'S DELIGHT

EVENTS

War and politics

October - King Alexander III Of Scotland defeats the Viking armada of King Haakon IV Of Norway in the Battle Of Largs .

King James I Of Aragon conquers Crevillente , Spain from the Moors during the Reconquista .

Mindaugas , the only Christian King of Lithuania , is assassinated by his cousin Treniota .

The chieftains of the eastern part of Iceland become the last to pledge fealty to the Norwegian king, bringing a more complete end to the Icelandic Commonwealth and the Icelandic Civil War .

Genoa captures the city of Chania on Crete from the Venetians .

Hulagu Khan is defeated in an attempted invasion north of the Caucasus .

Based on Magdeburg Law Żnin (Poland) was given City Rights

Culture

Nahmanides , chief Rabbi of Catalonia , defends the Talmud in an important Disputation against Pablo Christiani before King James I Of Aragon .

The doctrines of Theologian Joachim Of Fiore are condemned as Heresy by the Roman Catholic Church at a Synod in Arles .

Balliol College, Oxford is founded by John De Balliol .

The Savoy Palace is constructed in London by Count Peter II Of Savoy .

BIRTHS

January 22 - Ibn Taymiya , Syrian philosopher and jurist (died 1328 )

Theobald II, Duke Of Lorraine (died 1312 )

DEATHS

March 19 - Hugh Of St Cher , French cardinal

September 12 - Mindaugas , King of Lithuania

November 14 - Alexander Nevsky , Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir

December 15 - King Haakon IV Of Norway (born 1204 )

Hamo De Crevequer , Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

Count Boniface Of Savoy

Hojo Tokiyori , regent of Japan (born 1227 )

SEE ALSO

List Of State Leaders In 1263