Nice link there :pQuote:
Originally Posted by kiki1982
Unfortunately mine is unrelated...
1293 - An earthquake in Kamakura, Japan kills an estimated 30,000.
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Nice link there :pQuote:
Originally Posted by kiki1982
Unfortunately mine is unrelated...
1293 - An earthquake in Kamakura, Japan kills an estimated 30,000.
:eek: that is a lot!! Fortunately they have come a long way in building since then...
Let's see...
1292 - oh, another Scottish thing: 17th of November, Edward I of England selects John Balliol as King of Scotland, but treats him as a puppet ruler of a vassal state, thus eventually provoking the Scottish wars of Independence starting in 1296.
I like the Scottish thing :D
1291
Spring: Vandino and Ugolino Vivaldi set sail from Genoa with the goal of reaching India; they never return.
1290 - King Edward I of England orders all Jews (then numbering around 16,000) to leave England
Couldn't find anything Scottish - I'll leave that to you kiki :p
Nope nothing Scottish, but now come the Jews!
1289 - The Jews are expelled from Gascony and Anjou in France (where would our Edward have found his inspiration then?).
A found another Scottish one - pretty amusing actually ;)
1288 - The Scots Parliament creates a law allowing women to propose marriage to men during leap years; men who refuse such proposals are required to pay a fine to the spurned bride-to-be
That may have been costly for good looking blokes :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jazz_
1287
A huge storm and associated storm tide in the North Sea and English Channel, known as St. Lucia's flood in the Netherlands, kills thousands and reshapes the coastal life of the Netherlands and England forever. In the Netherlands, a fringing barrier between the North Sea and a shallow lake in Holland collapses, causing the fifth largest flood in recorded history which creates the Zuider Zee inlet and kills over 50,000 people; it also gives sea access to Amsterdam, allowing its development as an important port city. In England, the city of Winchelsea on Romney Marsh is destroyed; nearby Broomhill also destroyed; course of the nearby river Rother diverted to Rye; cliff collapses at Hastings, blocking the harbour; parts of Norfolk are flooded; the port of Dunwich in Suffolk begins its decline.
The Mongol Golden Horde, led by khan Talabuga and Nogai Khan, attacks Poland for the third time. Lublin, Mazovia, Sandomierz and Sieradz are ravaged by the invaders, who are defeated in Kraków.
Very true :pQuote:
Originally Posted by ClaesGefvenberg
I found yet another Scottish one ;)
1286 - King Alexander III of Scotland dies in a horse accident with only Queen Yolande de Dreux's unborn child and 3-year-old Margaret, Maid of Norway as heirs; this sets the stage for the First War of Scottish Independence and increased influence of England over Scotland.
1285
April 2 - Pope Honorius 4 succeds Pope Martin 4 as the 190th Pope.
1284 - The Republic of Venice begins coining the ducat, a gold coin that is to become the standard of European coinage for the following 600 years.
1283
June 1 – The young Duke Rudolph II of Austria is forced to yield his claim on the Duchies of Austria and Styria to his elder brother, Albert I of Germany , under the Treaty of Rheinfelden .
1282
Mar 30th - The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.
1281 - Pope Martin IV authorises a Crusade against the newly re-established Byzantine Empire in Constantinople.
1280
Construction on the northern section of the Grand Canal of China is begun.
1279 - The Royal Mint of England moves into the Tower of London.
That last Scottish one is a little sad for goodlooking blokes with a ecret lover actually! :lol:
I mean, imagine, there you are, goodlooking and your parents want that you marry another than the girl next door. And then that ugly fattie from over the road comes to ask you (sees visions of Blackadder's Infanta) :lol: ouch 'Will have to convince parents before next time, will have to convince parents before next year... Or otherwise run off to Gretna Green...'
So, 1278 - August 26 – Battle of Marchfield: Kings Rudolph I of Germany and Ladislaus IV of Hungary defeat King Otakar II of Bohemia in a match of over 80,000 men and the largest battle of knights 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.
1277m and the irony of life. Mameluk leader of Egypt Zahir Baybars, otherwise known as Baybars-al-Bunduqdari, in trying to poison a rival, Malik Kaher, was the subject of a swap of drinking vessels, wshich was awkward because Baybars finished up killing himself. Oddly, he was reputed to have blue eyes, odd for an Egyptian (well one blue and the other with a cataract). Maybe that's why he didn't notice which Koumiss was his!
1276
January 21 – Pope Innocent V succeeds Pope Gregory X as the 185 th pope .
1275 - The first of the Statutes of Westminster are passed by the English Parliament, establishing equal treatment of rich and poor, free and fair elections, and definition of bailable and non-bailable offences.
1274
The Second Council of Lyons, held by the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church convenes to consider the liberation of the Holy Land via Crusades and address the East-West Schism with the Byzantine church. The Council eventually approves a tithe to support efforts to liberate the Holy Land from Muslims, and reaches apparent resolution of the schism which ultimately proves unsuccessful.
In Asia, Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty attempts its first invasion of Japan. The Mongols capture outlying islands, but are then repulsed on the main island at the Battle of Bun'ei by amassed Japanese warriors and a strong storm which batters their forces and fleet. Credit for the storm — called a kamikaze, or divine wind — is given by the Japanese to the god Raiden.
1273 – Rudolph I of Germany is elected King of Germany over rival candidate King Otakar II of Bohemia
1272 - King Henry III died on 16 November 1272 at Westminster in London. He was buried in Westminster Abbey
1271 - 1st September: Pope Gregory X succeeds Clement IX as a compromise candidate between French and Italian cardinals. His election was the result of a three year conclave, the longest to date.
1270 - The siege of Tunis and the Eighth Crusade end by an agreement between Charles I of Sicily (Louis IX's brother) and the sultan of Tunis.
1269 - King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.
1268 - February 18 – Battle of Rakvere: The Livonian Order is defeated by Dovmont of Pskov.
1267
Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps, and Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb. Sinister when compared to some more recent events...
Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV. Also rather sinister, knowing what it led to...
1266 - February 26 – Battle of Benevento: The army of Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by King Manfred of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.
1265: Mongol armies raided Thrace! That bloody Nogai Khan up to his old tricks.
1264 - The Second Barons' War, a civil war in England, begins.
1263: Balliol College, Oxford is founded by John I de Balliol.
Strange, I could've sworn it was 1253.
1262 - Adam de la Halle writes the first operetta, "Le Jeu de la Feuillee".
1261
The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, thus re-establishing the Byzantine Empire.
The earliest extant Chinese illustration of 'Pascal's Triangle' is from Yang Hui's book Xiangjie Jiuzhang Suanfa, published in this year, although knowledge of Pascal's Triangle existed in China by at least 1100.
1260 - September 4 – The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of King Manfred of Sicily, defeats the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
1259
Battle of Pelagonia: The Empire of Nicaea defeats the Principality of Achaea in the Battle of Pelagonia ,ensuring the eventual reconquest of Constantinople in 1261.
The famous frescoes of the Boyana Church in Bulgaria are completed (today, the church and its murals are a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
The German cities of Lübeck, Wismar, and Rostock enter into a pact to defend against pirates of the Baltic Sea, laying the groundwork for the Hanseatic League.
1258 - Llywelyn the Last declares himself Prince of Wales. He is the final ruler of an independent Wales, before its conquest by the English
1257 - Matthew Paris, English historian, personally interviews King Henry III of England for an entire week while compiling his major work of English history, Chronica Majora.
1256 - William II, Count of Holland, King of Germany dies.
1255 - August – The final Cathar stronghold in southern France falls, eliminating their last refuge since the Roman Catholic Church began the Albigensian Crusade to crush the sect in 1209.
1254 - Edward Plantagenet marries Eleanor of Castile. His father Henry III had demanded the marriage in exchange for ending the war with her brother Alfonso X of Castile.