What is 1269?
{{Year nav|1269}} {{Year in various calendars|1269}} {{Year article header|1269}} == Events == === Europe === * [[June 19]] – King [[Louis IX of France]] orders all [[Jew]]s found in public without an identifying [[yellow badge]] to be fined ten [[livre]]s of [[silver]]. * [[Pélerin de Maricourt]] first describes [[magnetic pole]]s and remarks on the nonexistence of [[Magnetic monopole|isolated magnetic poles]]. * King [[Otakar II of Bohemia]] inherits [[Carinthia (duchy)|Carinthia]] and part of [[Carniola]], making him the most powerful prince within the [[Holy Roman Empire]]; the empire lacking an emperor during the ongoing ''great [[interregnum]]'', Otakar II was one of the most powerful men in [[Europe]]. * The construction of [[Blair Castle]] in [[Scotland]] is begun by [[John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch|John Comyn]]. === Africa === * The [[Almohad]] dynasty of [[caliph]]s (not universally accepted) that once ruled most of [[North Africa]] and [[Al-Andalus]] ([[Moors|Moorish]] [[Spain]]) is extinguished when [[Idris II, Almohad Caliph|Idris II]] is murdered in the dynasty's last remaining possession, [[Marrakesh]]. * The [[Berber people|Berber]] [[Marinid]] completes the conquest of [[Morocco]], replacing the Almohad dynasty which it defeated in Marrakesh. === Asia === * The [[Eastern Orthodox]] [[List of Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch|Patriarchy of Antioch]] returns to [[Antioch]] after a 171-year exile, during which it had been replaced by the [[Latin Patriarch of Antioch]]. == Births == * [[Philip of Artois]] * [[Huang Gongwang]], Chinese painter (died [[1354]]) * [[Vedantadesika]], Hindu poet and philosopher == Deaths == * [[John de Balliol]], father of [[John Balliol]], [[King of Scotland]] * [[Svarn]], King of Galicia [[Category:1269| ]]