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Events
- April 5 - Mongols of Golden Horde under the command of Subotai defeat feudal Polish nobility, including Knights Templar, in the battle of Liegnitz.
- April 11 - Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi.
- April 27 - Mongols defeat Bela IV of Hungary in the battle of Sajo.
- Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic saga writer, is murdered by Gissur Þorvaldsson, an emissary of the King of Norway.
Births
- September 4 - King Alexander III of Scotland (died 1286)
- Eleanor of Castile, queen of Edward I of England (died 1290)
Deaths
- April 9 - King Henry II of Poland
- August 22 - Pope Gregory IX
- September 23 - Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet and politician (born 1178)
- September 26 - Fujiwara no Teika, Japanese poet
- October 25 - Pope Celestine IV
- December 1 - Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1214)
- Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany
- Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria
- Valdemar II of Denmark (born 1170)
- Ögedei Khan
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