Events

• January 20 - In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting.
• Fire destroys parts of Old Cairo.
• Battle of Evesham - August 4
• The Czech beer produced in Ceske Budejovice starts to be called Budweiser

Births

• Alfonso III of Aragon
• Emperor Fushimi of Japan
• May 14 - Dante Alighieri, Italian poet.

Deaths

• February 8 - Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1217)
• August 4 - Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester at the Battle of Evesham