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==== Education ====
* Early &ndash; Following disputes, northern academics from the [[University of Cambridge]] in England set up a [[University of Northampton (13th century)|University of Northampton]] by [[royal charter]] but it is suppressed by the Crown in 1265.<ref>{{cite book|first=C. H.|last=Lawrence|chapter=The University in State and Church|title=The History of the University of Oxford|volume=1|editor=Aston, T. H.|editor2=Catto, J. I.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1984}}</ref>

==== Literature ====
* The earliest extant Chinese illustration of "[[Pascal's Triangle]]" is from [[Yang Hui]]'s (or Qianguang's) book ''Xiangjie Jiuzhang Suanfa'', published this year.

==== Religion ====
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Pope Alexander IV]] dies after a [[pontificate]] of 6-years at [[Viterbo]]. He is succeeded by [[Pope Urban IV|Urban IV]] as the 182nd pope of the [[Catholic Church]].
* [[August 29]] &ndash; Urban IV offers the crown of [[Kingdom of Sicily|Sicily]] to [[Charles I of Anjou|Charles of Anjou]], youngest son of King [[Louis VIII of France]], hoping to strengthen his position.
* [[Wurmsbach Abbey]] (located in [[Bollingen]]) is established by Count [[Rapperswil|Rudolf V of Rapperswil]] in [[Switzerland]].</onlyinclude>