What is 1266?
{{Year nav|1266}} {{Year in various calendars|1266}} {{Year article header|1266}} == Events == === Europe === * [[February 26]] – In the [[Battle of Benevento]], an army led by [[Charles I of Sicily|Charles]], Count of [[Anjou]], defeats a combined [[Germany|German]] and [[Sicily|Sicilian]] force led by King [[Manfred of Sicily]]. Manfred is killed in the battle and [[Pope Clement IV]] invests Charles as king of [[Sicily]] and [[Naples]]. * July – Mary de Ferrers ordered to surrender land and [[Liverpool Castle]] to [[Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster|Edmund]], second son of [[Henry III of England|Henry III]]. * October – In [[England]], the [[Second Barons' War]] winds down as supporters of the slain rebel leader [[Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester|Simon de Montfort]] make an offer of peace to the king in the [[Dictum of Kenilworth]]; after slight modifications to the peace settlement, it is agreed to the following year. * The war between [[Scotland]] and [[Norway]] ends as King [[Alexander III of Scotland]] and King [[Magnus VI of Norway]] agree to the [[Treaty of Perth]], which cedes the [[Western Isles]] and [[Isle of Man]] to Scotland in exchange for a large monetary payment. * In [[France]], the [[gold]] [[écu]] and [[silver]] [[grosh]] coins are minted for the first time. === Asia === * [[Marco Polo#The first voyage|Niccolo and Maffeo Polo]], brother and uncle of [[Marco Polo]] reach [[Kublai Khan]]'s capital [[Khanbaliq]] (now [[Beijing]]) in [[China]], setting the stage for Marco's famous expedition starting five years later. Kublai Khan sends the Polos back with a message requesting the [[pope]] dispatch western scholars to teach in the [[Mongol Empire]]; however, this request is largely ignored. * The [[Mamluk]] sultan [[Baibars]] expands his domain, capturing the city of [[Byblos]] (in present-day [[Lebanon]]) and the important castle of [[Toron]] from [[crusader state]]s, and defeating the [[Armenia]]ns at [[Cilicia]]. == Births == * [[Hethum II of Armenia]] (died [[1307]]) * [[Beatr