Events The troubadour Peirol pilgrimaged to Jerusalem.
Births Alfonso X of Castile (died 1284), Castilian monarch and writer of Galician-Portuguese lyrics Willem van Afflighem (died 1297), Flemish poet and abbot at Sint-Truiden
Deaths Henry I of Rodez (born 1175), French troubadour Jiang Kui (born 1155), Chinese poet, composer and calligrapher of the Song dynasty Attar Neyshapuri (born 1145), Persian Muslim poet, theoretician of Sufism, and hagiographer
See also
Poetry List of years in poetry