Events

• Dogen Zenji establishes the Eiheiji temple in Japan, thus founding the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism.

• Sultan Malik al-Muattam razes the city walls of Jerusalem.

• James I of Aragon reconquers Altea, Spain.

• The Cathars of Montségur surrender after a 9-month siege.

• Siege and Fall of Jerusalem leading to the Seventh Crusade

Births

• June 24 – Henry I of Hesse (d. 1308)

• Archbishop Henry II of Virneburg (d. 1332)

Deaths

• March 1 – Gruffyd ap Llywelyn, eldest, illegitimate son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200)

• Jeanne, Countess of Flanders and Hainault(b. 1199/1200)

• Eleonore, daughter of king Alfonso VIII and Eleonore Plantagenet

• Witco de Perchyc, Bohemian noble (b. 1177)