- Feb 9 Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps
- May 10 Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb
- Jul 26 Inquisition forms in Rome under Pope Clement IV
- Sep 1 Rabbi Moses Ben Nachman establishes a Jewish community in Jerusalem
- Oct 18 Battle at Marienholz: Henry III, Otto II van Gelre beat Keuls archbishop Engelbert III