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Events

Politics and world affairs

British Islands

The Rhuddlan Statute enters into force on 3 March. The law enacted by King Edward I of England governs law and administration in conquered Wales. The Act divides the Principality of Wales into the counties of Flintshire, Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Merionethshire, Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire. In the counties the offices of sheriff, coroner and bailiff are introduced. A justiciary is appointed for Wales to oversee peacekeeping. For this purpose, English common law is introduced in the Principality of Wales, but in some respects, such as inheritance law, it is adapted to Welsh customs. However, the Statute applies only to the former Principality of Gwynedd, which merges into the new English Principality of Wales, and not to the baronies of the Welsh Marches, in which the Marcher Lords can continue to rule largely autonomously.

Western Mediterranean

June 5: The fleet of Charles of Anjou suffers a heavy defeat in the dispute over the Kingdom of Sicily in the Bay of Naples against the fleet of Peter III. of Aragon under the leadership of his admiral Ruggiero di Lauria. Karl's son of the same name is captured by war.
August 6: The naval battle at Meloria between the maritime republics of Genoa and Pisa becomes the largest maritime dispute in the Middle Ages. The victorious Genoese gain Corsica, Elba and Sardinia and become a strong maritime power in the Mediterranean for decades. Some 11,000 Pisans go to Genoese captivity, among them probably Rustichello da Pisa, who will meet Marco Polo there years later. This defeat does not completely break the power of Pisa, but in the following time it has more and more problems with maintaining its remaining dominion.
James II of Mallorca, younger brother of Peter of Aragon, granted to the French King Philip III. the right to march through his county of Roussillon to wage war against Aragon.

Eastern Mediterranean/Levante

11 May: After the death of his father Hugo III, John I becomes King of Cyprus and as John II. Also from Jerusalem.

Central Asia

The pro-Christian Buddhist Arghun overthrows his Islamic uncle Tekuder and succeeds him as Ilchan of Persia. He executed his predecessor on August 10.

East and South-East Asia

The Vietnamese general Trần Hưng Đạo defeats by means of a war cunning an army of the invading Mongols under Kublai Khan. The Tran dynasty thus remains independent of the Chinese Empire under the Yuan dynasty.

City rights and first documentary mentions

29 December: The Danish King Erik Glipping grants Flensburg the town charter, which is confirmed by Duke Waldemar IV of Schleswig. Flensburg is quickly becoming the most important city of the Danish Duchy of Schleswig.
King Rudolf I grants Sulz am Neckar the city rights.

Economy