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==== Asia ====
* [[Fang La]], a Chinese rebel leader, leads an uprising against the [[Song dynasty|Song Dynasty]] in Qixian Village (modern-day [[Zhejiang]]) in southeast China. He raises an army and captures [[Hangzhou]].
* August &ndash; September (the eighth month of the [[Chinese calendar]]) &ndash; [[Wanyan Xiyin]], a [[Jurchen people|Jurchen]] nobleman and minister, completes the design of the first version of the [[Jurchen script]].
* The flourishing south Chinese coastal city of [[Quanzhou]] claims a population of 500,000 citizens, including the hinterland.<ref>John S. Brown (2000). ''Colombia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture'', p. 32. {{ISBN|0-231-11004-9}}.</ref>