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* [[May 3]] &ndash; [[Stefano Colonna]], Italian chief magistrate and papal official, captures the treasure of the [[tomb of Caecilia Metella]] near [[Rome]], which is sent by the rival [[Caetani]] family to [[Pope Boniface VIII]].<ref name="Vigueur 2010">{{cite book|last=Maire Vigueur |first=Jean-Claude |title=L'autre Rome. Une histoire des Romains a l'époque communale (XIIe-XIVe siècle) |year=2010 |publisher=Tallandier |location=Paris |isbn=978-2-84734-719-7 |page=241 }}</ref> 
* [[July 11]] &ndash; King [[Louis IX of France]] (died [[1270]]) is canonized by Boniface VIII. Louis a devout Christian of the [[Catholic Church]], banned during his reign prostitution, gambling, [[blasphemy]] and judicial duels.<ref>{{cite book|title=Chronicle of the Twenty-Four Generals of the Order of Friars Minor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wshYVi3KM4C&pg=RA2-PA452|publisher=Ordo Fratrum Minorum|pages=2}}</ref>
* Boniface VIII attempts to end the rivalry between [[Republic of Genoa|Genoa]] and [[Republic of Pisa|Pisa]] over the Tyrrhenian islands of [[Kingdom of Sardinia|Sardinia]] and [[Corsica]], naming King [[James II of Aragon]] ("the Just") as [[regent]] of the islands.
* A [[Portuguese Water Dog]] is first described in a monk's report of a drowning sailor, who has been pulled from the sea by a dog.<ref>"History of the Portuguese Water Dog", Kathryn Braund and Deyanne Farrell Miller. The Complete Portuguese Water Dog, 1986, [http://www.deleao.com/UserArea/StaticPages/HistoryofPWD.asp DeLeao].</ref></onlyinclude>