Spring – Sultan
Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq and
Muhammad II, ruler of
Granada, agree to a truce with King
Alfonso X (the Wise) for two years. Before Abu Yusuf leaves, Muhammad's secretary addresses a poem to Abu Yusuf, expressing fear of Castile's power and appealing for Marinid's continued support. Later, Abu Yusuf lands at
Alcázar Seguir on
January 19. This ending the first Marinid invasion in
Al-Andalus (modern
Spain).[1]
Spring – King
Edward I (Longshanks) orders the people of
Bayonne in
Gascony (as part of the only English possessions in
France) to provide
Castile with warships "to resist the
Saracens by sea", but he excuses himself from personal participation against the Marinid invasion in Spain because of his wars in
Wales and his plan to lead a Crusade to the
Holy Land.[3]
June 15 – Remnants of the Chinese Song court in
Fuzhou province conduct the coronation ceremony for Prince Zhao Shi to become Emperor
Duan Zong (until
1278).
A severe 23-year
drought begins to affect the
Grand Canyon area, eventually forcing the agriculture-dependent
Puebloans (or Anasazi) to migrate out of the region.[7]
Merton College, Oxford, is first recorded as having a collection of books, making its
Library the world's oldest in continuous daily use.[8]
Economy
Henry of Ghent (or Henricus) becomes the last major theologian to openly consider
annuities as a usurious contract. The end of the debate allows for the expansion of the budding practice of renten emission, to become a staple of public finance in northwestern
Europe.[9]
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^Hywel Williams (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History, p. 148.
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^Joseph F. O'Callaghan (2011). The Gibraltar Crusade: Castile and the battle for the Strait, p. 71.
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^Seignobos, Robin (2012). The other Ethiopia: Nubia and the Crusade (12th and 14th century), pp. 307–311.
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^Wasserman, James (2001). The Templars and the Assassins: The Militia of heaven, p. 115.
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^Virani, Shafique N.; 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.
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^O'Connor, Letitia Burns (1992). The Grand Canyon, pp. 16–19, 30–32. Los Angeles: Perpetua Press.
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