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February 16 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by King Louis IX of France as an ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols.

May 26 - Battle of Fossalta

August 15 - The First Battle of Athenry is fought in Galway, Ireland.

University College, the first College at Oxford, is founded with money gifted from the estate of William of Durham.

The Moors lose possession of Alicante in Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain).

King Afonso III of Portugal captures Faro, Portugal from the Moors.

Roger Bacon publishes a major scientific work, including writings of convex lens spectacles for treating long-sightedness and the first publication of the formula for gunpowder in the western world.

The city of Mystras, Greece is fortified and a palace is constructed there by William II Villehardouin.

The city of Stralsund (in present-day Germany) is burned to the ground by forces from the rival city of Lübeck.

Swedish statesman Birger Jarl subjugates the province of Tavastia in Finland, laying the foundations for Sweden's expansionism.

Alphonse of Toulouse orders the expulsion of Jews from Poitou, France.

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Pho Khun Si Indrathit becomes the first king of the Sukhothai kingdom, marking the founding of the modern Thai nation.

The Hikitsuke, a judicial organ of the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates of Japan, is established.

The Japanese Hoji era ends, and the Kencho era begins.

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King Louis IX of France captures Damietta in Egypt, the first major military engagement of the Seventh Crusade.

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July 9 - Emperor Kameyama of Japan (died 1305)

Eric V of Denmark (died 1286)

Robert III of Flanders

Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (died 1268)

Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford (died 1297)

Pope John XXII (died 1334)

Menachem Meiri, rabbi

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July 6 - King Alexander II of Scotland (born 1198)

September 27 - Count Raymond VII of Toulouse (born 1197)

As-Salih Ayyub, ruler of Egypt

Abu Zakariya, ruler of the Maghreb (born 1203)

William of Sherwood, English logician (born 1190)