Major Events
- May 7 2nd Council of Lyons (14th ecumenical council) opens, convened by Pope Gregory X
- Aug 19 Edward I is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey after returning from the Ninth Crusade
- Oct 5 Around 1,000 soldiers of the Mongol army land on the Japanese island of Tsushima, the first attack of Kublai Khan's Mongol invasion of Japan
- Nov 19 Mongol army lands at Hakata Bay in Japan during their first invasion attempt and are defeated; a typhoon destroys most of their fleet as they withdraw
Robert the Bruce
Thomas AquinasArticles About 1274
Spiderman! Web Feat Inspires Woebegone Warrior
Battle-weary, defeated and dejected, it took a spider to convince Robert the Bruce, born on this day, that his cause was not lost.July 11
Letter from Kublai Khan to the Japanese Emperor
A 1266 letter from Kublai Khan to the Japanese emperor threatening use of forceOctober 5
Kublai Khan