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=== July – September ===
* [[July 16]] – (28th day of 6th month of [[Gennin]] 1); [[Hōjō Yasutoki]] becomes the new regent (''shikken'') for the [[Kamakura shogunate]] in Japan after the death of his father, [[Hōjō Yoshitoki]].
* [[August 15]] – The garrison at [[Bedford Castle]], belonging to [[Falkes de Bréauté]], surrenders to Henry III after a two-month siege that ends after the castle has been undermined by a fire and fallen. After the garrison surrenders, the defenders are all hanged by order of the king. Falkes is allowed to leave the country but loses all his possessions. Bedford Castle is badly damaged as a result.
* [[September 14]] – [[Francis of Assisi]], while praying on the mountain of [[La Verna]] during a 40-day fast, has a vision, as a result of which he receives the [[stigmata]]. Brother Leo, who is with Francis at the time, leaves a clear and simple account of this event, the first definite account of the phenomenon of stigmata.<ref name="cefa">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Robinson|first=Paschal|title=St. Francis of Assisi|encyclopedia=[[The Catholic Encyclopedia]]|volume=VI|publisher=Robert Appleton Company|place=New York|year=1909|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06221a.htm|accessdate=2008-01-21}}</ref>
* [[September 17]] – Emperor [[Emperor Ningzong|Ning Zong]] of the Chinese [[Song dynasty]] dies at [[Hangzhou]], possibly from poisoning, after a 30-year reign. He is succeeded by his relative, [[Emperor Lizong|Li Zong]], as all of Ning Zong's children have died.
* [[September]] – [[Abdallah al-Adil]] (the Just), governor in Al-Andalus, challenges the Almohad throne and captures Seville. He marches to [[Marrakesh]] to confront Abu Muhammad al-Wahid. Abdallah seizes the royal palace and deposes Muhammad al-Wahid, who is strangled to death.