- Feb 20 Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad, dies in the sack of Baghdad by being rolled up in a carpet and trampled to death
- Mar 26 Floris de Voogd 'the Guardian', Regent of Holland for Floris V, dies in a tournament
- Apr 5 Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies
- Aug 18 Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea