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1267

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

1267 - Events

1267 - Europe

• King Afonso III of Portugal and King Alfonso X of Castile sign a treaty determining the southern border between Portugal and Spain as the Guadiana River, a border that remains to this day.
• The Second Barons' War in England ends, as the rebels and King Henry III of England agree to peace terms as laid out in the Dictum of Kenilworth.
• King Henry III of England acknowledges Llywelyn ap Gruffudd's title of Prince of Wales in the Treaty of Montgomery.
• Emperor Baldwin II of Constantinople gifts the Principality of Achaea to King Charles I of Sicily in the Treaty of Viterbo in the hopes that Charles could help him restore the Latin Empire.
• The city of Ostrava was founded.

• Roger Bacon completes his work Opus Majus and sends it to Pope Clement IV, who had requested it be written; the work contians wide-ranging discussion of mathematics, optics, alchemy, astronomy, astrology, and other topics, and includes what some believe to be the first description of a magnifying glass. Bacon also completes Opus Minus, a summary of Opus Majus, later in the same year.
• The leadership of Vienna forces Jews to wear Pileum cornutum,a cone-shaped head dress, in addition to the yellow badges Jews were already forced to wear.
• In England, the Statute of Marlborough is passed, the oldest English law still (partially) in force.

1267 - Asia and Africa

• The "Grand Capital" is constructed in Khanbaliq (present-day Beijing by Kublai Khan, having moved the capital of the Mongol Empire there three years prior.
• Malik ul Salih establishes Samudra Pasai, the first Muslim state in Indonesia.
• Spain attempts an invasion of Morocco, but the Marinids successfully defend against the invasion and drive out Spanish forces.

1267 - Births

• February 3 - Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel (died 1302)
• August 10 - King James II of Aragon (died 1327)
• December 17 - Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (died 1324)
• Giotto di Bondone, Italian artist (died 1337)

1267 - Deaths

• John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel (born 1223)
• Hugh II of Cyprus (born 1253)
• Lars, Archbishop of Uppsala

See also

• List of state leaders in 1267

Category: 1267

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