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==== Levant ====
* [[February 21]] &ndash; King [[Louis IX of France]] ("the Saint") signs a multi-year truce with [[An-Nasir Yusuf]], Ayyubid ruler of [[Damascus]], who is well aware of a Mongol threat and has no wish for war with the [[Crusader states|Crusader States]]. 
* [[April 24]] &ndash; Louis IX and his family sail from [[Acre, Israel|Acre]] to [[France in the Middle Ages|France]]. His boat is nearly wrecked off the coast of [[Kingdom of Cyprus|Cyprus]] and later nearly destroyed by fire. In July, the royal party arrives at [[Hyères]] in [[Provence]].<ref>[[Steven Runciman]] (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre'', p. 235. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29877-0}}.</ref>