1269

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For broader historical context, see 1260s and 13th century.

Years: 1266 1267 1268 - 1269 - 1270 1271 1272

Decades: 1230s 1240s 1250s - 1260s - 1270s 1280s 1290s

Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Europe 1.2 Africa 1.3 Asia 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

Europe

• June 19 - King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.
• Pélerin de Maricourt first describes magnetic poles and remarks on the nonexistence of isolated magnetic poles.
• King Otakar II of Bohemia inherits Carinthia and part of Carniola, making him the most powerful prince within the Holy Roman Empire; the empire lacking an emperor during the ongoing great interregnum, Otakar II was one of the most powerful man in Europe.
• The construction of Blair Castle in Scotland is begun by John Comyn.

Africa

• The Almohad dynasty of caliphs (not universally accepted) that once ruled most of North Africa and Al-Andalus (Moorish Spain) was extinguished when Idris II was murdered in the dynasty's last remaining possession, Marrakesh.
• The Berber Merinid dynasty completes the conquest of Morocco, replacing the Almohad dynasty which it defeated in Marrakesh.

Asia

• The Eastern Orthodox Patriarchy of Antioch returns to Antioch after a 171-year exile, during which it had been replaced by the Latin Patriarch of Antioch.

Births

• Philip of Artois
• Huang Gongwang, Chinese painter (died 1354)
• Vedantadesika, Hindu poet and philosopher

Deaths

• John de Balliol, father of John Balliol, King of Scotland
• Svarn, King of Galicia