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[edit] Events

• The Solomonid king Yekuno Amlak kills the last king of the Zagwe dynasty in Ethiopia. The Solomonids begin to rule Ethiopia, which they continue until 1974.
• Louis IX of France starts the Eighth Crusade by attacking Tunis.
• In Korea, the Sambyeolcho Rebellion begins.

[edit] Births

• Jacob ben Asher, Spanish Rabbi (Jewish religious leader)

[edit] Deaths

• King Louis IX of France