- 1267
Events
Europe
War and politics
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February 16 - KingAfonso III of Portugal and KingAlfonso X of Castile sign the Badajoz Convention, determining the border between theKingdom of Portugal and theKingdom of Leon , and ensuring Portuguese sovereignty overAlgarve .
*May 27 -Treaty of Viterbo : EmperorBaldwin II of Constantinople gifts thePrincipality of Achaea to KingCharles I of Sicily in the hope that Charles can help him restore theLatin Empire .
* TheSecond Barons' War inEngland ends, as the rebels and KingHenry III of England agree to peace terms as laid out in theDictum of Kenilworth .
*Treaty of Montgomery : KingHenry III of England acknowledges Llywelyn ap Gruffudd's title ofPrince of Wales .
* The city ofOstrava is founded.Culture
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Roger Bacon completes his work "Opus Majus" and sends it toPope Clement IV , who had requested it be written; the work contains wide-ranging discussion ofmathematics ,optics ,alchemy ,astronomy ,astrology , and other topics, and includes what some believe to be the first description of amagnifying glass . Bacon also completes "Opus Minus", a summary of "Opus Majus", later in the same year.
* The leadership ofVienna forcesJew s to wear "Pileum cornutum",a cone-shaped head dress, in addition to theyellow badge s Jews are already forced to wear.
* InEngland , theStatute of Marlborough is passed, the oldest English law still (partially) in force.Asia and Africa
* The "Grand Capital" is constructed in
Khanbaliq (present-dayBeijing byKublai Khan , having moved the capital of theMongol Empire there three years prior.
*Malik ul Salih establishes Samudra Pasai, the first Muslim state inIndonesia .
*Spain attempts an invasion ofMorocco , but theMarinid s successfully defend against the invasion and drive out Spanish forces.Births
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February 3 -Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel (d.1302 )
*August 10 - KingJames II of Aragon (d.1327 )
*December 17 -Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d.1324 )
*Giotto di Bondone , Italian artist (d.1337 )Deaths
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John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel (b.1223 )
*Hugh II of Cyprus (b.1253 )
* Lars,Archbishop of Uppsala
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