History
1264
General
Population: 421 Million*
- Entertainment: Roger Bacon writes "De computo naturali"
- Religion: Thomas Aquinas writes "Summa contra Gentiles"
Death of Pope Urban
Africa
- Famine in Egypt relieved by Babars the founder of Mameluke Empire
Asia
- China: Mongols transfer China's capital to Yen-ching and builds Khanbaliq (Beijing) on site of former Chin capital
Europe
- England: Barons' war when king violates agreement with noblemen
Barons under Simon de Montfort defeat king Henry III at Battle of Lewes (Lewesand) who continues to reign as prisoner
Merton college at Oxford founded
English woman has stay of execution moments after being hung – rope cut and she lived for many years