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==== Asia ====
* March &ndash; Mongol forces (some 200,000 men) under [[Bayan of the Baarin]] ("Hundred Eyes") defeat a Chinese army of 130,000 men led by the Song chancellor [[Jia Sidao]] on the [[Yangtze|Yangtze River]]. Sidao sends an emissary to Bayan to discuss a truce, but he declines to negotiate. Dowager Empress [[Xie Daoqing]] strips Sidao of his rank and titles, and he is later on her orders executed by one of his own guards as he is being sent to exile in [[Fujian]].<ref>Tan Koon San (2014). ''Dynastic China: An Elementary History'', p. 299. {{ISBN|978-983-9541-88-5}}.</ref>
* The 21-year-old [[Marco Polo]] together with his father and uncle, [[Niccolò and Maffeo Polo]], arrives at [[Kublai Khan]]'s opulent summer palace at [[Shangdu]] (or 'Xanadu'), after a 4-year journey. They present the "Great Khan" sacred oil from [[Jerusalem]] and letters from [[Pope Gregory X]]. Kublai takes Marco into his royal court and appoints him as a 'special envoy' (possibly as a [[tax collector]]).<ref>Bergreen, Laurence (2007). ''Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu'', pp. 340–41. {{ISBN|978-0-307-26769-6}}.</ref> 
* The mountain fortress [[Alamut Castle]] ("Eagle's Nest") is temporarily recaptured from the Mongols by a Nizari force under [[Shams al-Din Muhammad (Nizari imam)|Shams al-Din Muhammad]].<ref>Wasserman, James (2001). ''The Templars and the Assassins: The Militia of Heaven'', p. 115. Simon and Schuster. {{ISBN|978-1-59477-873-5}}.</ref><ref>Virani, Shafique N.; Virani, Assistant Professor Departments of Historical Studies and the Study of Religion Shafique N. (2007). ''The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, a Search for Salvation'', p. 32. Oxford University Press, USA. {{ISBN|978-0-19-531173-0}}.</ref>
* April &ndash; The Japanese era [[Bun'ei]] ends and the [[Kenji (era)|Kenji]] era begins during the reign of the 8-year-old [[Emperor Go-Uda]] (until [[1278]]).