- Apr 13 The Seventh Crusade is defeated in Egypt, Louis IX of France captured
- Apr 15 Kublai is acclaimed the Great Khan by a Mongol Great Council
- Apr 15 Pope Innocent IV refuses Jews of Cordova, Spain their request to build a synagogue
Battle of Fariskur
Jul 3 Louis IX of France is captured by Baibars' Mamluk army at the Battle of Fariskur while he is in Egypt conducting the Seventh Crusade; he later has to ransom himself
