Category Archives: 13th Century

Historical Facts from 1201 to 1300 CE

September 11, 1226

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Joel Byers

On September 11, 1226, the Roman Catholic practice of the public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (the wine and the wafers, or the grape juice and the crackers if you’re Baptist) spread from the ceremony of the Mass in the… Continue reading →

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August 14, 1281

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Joel Byers

On August 14, 1281, Kublai Khan failed at his second attempted invasion of Japan. Once again his warriors were defeated by the Japanese and forced back to their ships, where a typhoon rose up and sunk all… Continue reading →

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February 21, 1245

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 21, 1245, Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland was granted resignation by Pope Gregory IX. He’d committed several felonies while as Bishop, including torturing a man to death and forging a papal letter. Pope Gregory was thought to have said, “I can forgive the torture and killing of a damned Viking, but … Continue reading →

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February 20, 1280

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 20, 1280 CE, the Japanese Imperil Court ordered all the temples and shrines to pray for victory in the impending second Mongol invasion. The Great Flying Spaghetti Monster must have liked the constant begging from the Japanese, as more than a year later, on August 14, 1281, he sent a typhoon to destroy … Continue reading →

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December 25, 1223

Posted on December 25, 2019 by Joel Byers

On December 25, 1223. St. Francis of Assisi got permission from the Pope, Honorious III, and set up the first Nativity scene in Greccio, Italy. He found a suitable cave and set up a manger with hay and two live animals, an ox and an ass. He then invited the nearby villagers to come and … Continue reading →

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April 13, 1204

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Joel Byers

On April 13, 1204 the 4th Crusade went on Spring Break and sacked the fabulously wealthy Mediterranean coast city of Constantinople. Pope Innocent III had called the 4th Crusade to go and capture Jerusalem from the infidel Muslims and the Holy Roman Empire (Italy), the Republic of Venice, and the Kingdom of France answered the … Continue reading →

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April 5, 1242

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1242 AD the army of Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod (a medieval Russian state) fought a group of the Teutonic Knights at the border of Russia and Estonia. It was fought almost entirely on top of a large frozen lake and only ended when the ice collapsed under several thousand … Continue reading →

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July 2, 1298

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1298 an army led by Albert of Austria defeated and killed Adolf of Nassua near Worms, Germany. Unknown to historians was that Albert of Austria was in fact, Albert Kleinistein, a temporial scientist from the year 2332 AD. Professor Kleinistein invented the second working time machine and went back … Continue reading →

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December 11, 1282

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1282 AD, Llywelyn (Llewelyn ap Gruffydd) Ein Llyw Olaf, the last prince of an independent Wales was killed in Cilmeri, central Wales. It was deemed a mercy killing, as no one alive in England at that time could pronounce his name. Even the Welsh agreed that the uppity son-of-a-bitch … Continue reading →

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July 10, 1212

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Joel Byers

On THIS DAY IN HISTORY! July 10th, 1212, the most severe of several early fires of London burned most of the city to the ground. Henry Fitz-Ailwin de Londonestone First Mayor of London was finally let go after twenty-four consecutive terms after his debacle of hiring the City Planning Firm of Porc dePaille et Porc … Continue reading →

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