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For the second time Japan is saved from Mongol invasion by powerful storms - which are given the name kamikaze, or 'divine wind'
An incident in a church service sparks the uprising known as the Sicilian Vespers, in which 2000 French are killed overnight in Sicily
An uprising by Llewellyn ap Gruffydd, the prince of Wales, ends with his own death and the subjugation of Wales by the king of England, Edward I
Edward I begins a series of powerful castles - Harlech, Caernarfon and Conwy in this year alone - to subdue the Welsh
Osman inherits the leadership of the tribal group later known by a version of his name, as the Ottoman Turks
Edward I of England arranges for his 5-year-old heir to marry Margaret the Maid of Norway, the 7-year-old heiress to the kingdom of Scotland
The death of Margaret, child heiress to the Scottish throne, results in John de Balliol being chosen as king
The classical work of the Kabbalah, the Zohar, is almost certainly the work of the Spanish Kabbalist Moses de Leon
The Jews in England are driven out of the country, soon to be followed by those in France
In the space of a few months the Muslims take the last four crusader castles, Tyre, Sidon, Acre and finally Beirut
The Swiss forest districts of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden sign an Everlasting League (in the Rütli meadow) to resist Habsburg domination
The first open-air democratic assembly, later characteristic of the Swiss cantons, is held in Schwyz
Kublai Khan dies and is succeeded, as second emperor of the Yuan dynasty, by his grandson Temür
The parliament summoned by Edward I in Westminster Hall is later seen as a 'model' for the breadth of its representation
Marco Polo is back in Venice after an absence of 25 years in the east
Edward I invades Scotland, massacres the people of Berwick, captures John de Balliol and brings to Westminster the Stone of Scone
The English government in Dublin calls a parliament on the lines of England's recent Model Parliament
William Wallace's victory over the English at Stirling Bridge enables him to rule Scotland on behalf of John de Balliol
The authorities in Siena publish strict regulations for the design of the buildings around a new central piazza, the Campo
Marco Polo, in prison in Genoa, is persuaded by a fellow prisoner to narrate his adventures
The English longbow, in one of its early appearances, proves too much for the Scots at Falkirk
Edward I's victory at Falkirk ends the career of William Wallace, of whom nothing more is heard until his capture and execution in 1305
Southampton boasts the earliest known bowling green, mentioned in a document of this year
Flying buttresses are a striking new structural feature on the exterior of Gothic cathedrals
