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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Battle of Colle Val d'Elsa]]: Guelph forces (2,200 men) led by King [[Charles I of Anjou]] defeat the Ghibellines at [[Tuscany]]. After the battle, the Guelphs drive out their adversaries at [[Colle di Val d'Elsa]], destroying their houses, and confiscating their possessions.
* [[June 19]] &ndash; King [[Louis IX of France]] ("the Saint") orders all Jews found in public without an identifying [[yellow badge]] to be fined ten [[French livre|livre]]s of silver. He also confiscates goods from the Jewish population to fund the [[Eighth Crusade]].
* September &ndash; An Aragonese contingent under King [[James I of Aragon|James I]] ("the Conqueror") sails from [[Barcelona]] to the [[Holy Land]] but is caught in a storm and badly damaged. One squadron reaches [[Acre, Israel|Acre]], but later returns to [[Kingdom of Aragon|Aragon]].
* King [[Ottokar II of Bohemia]] inherits [[Duchy of Carinthia|Carinthia]] and part of [[March of Carniola|Carniola]], making him the most powerful German prince within the [[Holy Roman Empire]]; the empire lacking an emperor during the ongoing “[[Interregnum (Holy Roman Empire)|Great Interregnum]]”.

==== Britain ====
* Prince [[Edward I of England|Edward]] (the Lord Edward) of England obtains the right to levy a twentieth of the value of the Church's wealth to finance the [[Lord Edward's crusade|Ninth Crusade]]. That sum turns out to be insufficient, and Edward has to borrow to reach his target.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ferris|first=Eleanor|title=The Financial Relations of the Knights Templars to the English Crown|journal=American Historical Review|year=1902|volume=8|issue=1}}</ref>
* [[John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch]], begins the construction of [[Blair Castle]] in [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]].

==== Africa ====
* [[September 8]] &ndash; Berber forces of the [[Marinid Sultanate]] under [[Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq]] complete the conquest of [[Morocco]] and capture [[Marrakesh]] after a long siege, effectively ending the [[Almohad Caliphate]]. The last Almohad ruler, [[Idris al-Wathiq]] (or Abu Dabbus), is assassinated by a slave. The Marinids become the new masters of the western [[Maghreb]] and Abu Yusuf Yaqub takes up the title of "Prince of the Muslims".<ref>Abun-Nasir, Jamil (1987). ''A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period'', pp. 103–118. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|0521337674}}.</ref>