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1269

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EVENTS

Europe

June 19 - King Louis IX Of France orders all Jew s found in public without an identifying Yellow Badge to be fined ten Livre s of Silver .

Pélerin De Maricourt first describes Magnetic Pole s and remarks on the nonexistence of Isolated Magnetic Poles .

King Otakar II Of Bohemia inherits Carinthia and part of Carniola , making him the most powerful prince within the Holy Roman Empire ; the empire lacking an emperor during the ongoing ''great Interregnum '', Otakar II was one of the most powerful men in Europe .

The construction of Blair Castle in Scotland is begun by John Comyn .

Africa

The Almohad dynasty of Caliph s (not universally accepted) that once ruled most of North Africa and Al-Andalus ( Moorish Spain ) is extinguished when Idris II is murdered in the dynasty's last remaining possession, Marrakesh .

The Berber Marinid completes the conquest of Morocco , replacing the Almohad dynasty which it defeated in Marrakesh.

Asia

The Eastern Orthodox Patriarchy Of Antioch returns to Antioch after a 171-year exile, during which it had been replaced by the Latin Patriarch Of Antioch .

BIRTHS

Philip Of Artois

Huang Gongwang , Chinese painter (died 1354 )

Vedantadesika , Hindu poet and philosopher

DEATHS

John De Balliol , father of John Balliol , King Of Scotland

Svarn , King of Galicia