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[Date] June, 22, 1249
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 		[Date] June, 22, 1249
All things I found in that yearBy place

Africa
King Louis IX of France captures Damietta in Egypt, the first major military engagement of the Seventh Crusade.

Asia
Pho Khun Si Indrathit becomes the first king of the Sukhothai kingdom, marking the founding of the modern Thai nation.
The Hikitsuke, a judicial organ of the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates of Japan, is established.
The Japanese Hōji era ends, and the Kenchō era begins.

Europe
February 16 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by King Louis IX of France as an ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols.
June 13 – coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots.
August 15 – The First Battle of Athenry is fought in Galway, Ireland.
The city of Stralsund (in present-day Germany) is burned to the ground by forces from the rival city of Lübeck.
Swedish statesman Birger Jarl subjugates the province of Tavastia in Finland, securing Swedish power in Finland.
Alphonse of Toulouse orders the expulsion of Jews from Poitou, France.
The Hungarian capital is moved from Esztergom to Buda.

Mediterranean
May 26 – The Battle of Fossalta is fought between the Holy Roman Empire and the Lombard League. The Lombards capture the German commander.
The Moors lose possession of Alicante in Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain).
King Afonso III of Portugal recaptures Faro and Silves in the Algarve from the Moors, thus ending the Portuguese Reconquista.
The city of Mystras, Greece is fortified and a palace is constructed there by William II Villehardouin.

By topic

Education
University College, the first College at Oxford, is founded with money gifted from the estate of William of Durham.

Microhistory
Jean Mouflet makes an agreement with the abbot of Saint-Pierre-le-Vif in the Senonais region in France: in return for an annual payment, the monastery will recognize Jean as a "citizen of Sens". He is a leather merchant, has a leather shop that he leases for the rent of 50 shillings a year. The agreement is witnessed by Jean's wife, Douce, daughter of a wealthy and prominent citizen of Sens, Felis Charpentier.

Science
Roger Bacon publishes a major scientific work, including writings of convex lens spectacles for treating long-sightedness and the first publication of the formula for gunpowder in the western world.




Births
July 9 – Emperor Kameyama of Japan (d. 1305)
Eric V of Denmark (d. 1286)
Robert III of Flanders
Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (d. 1268)
Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford (d. 1297)
Pope John XXII (d. 1334)
Menachem Meiri, rabbi

Deaths
July 6 – King Alexander II of Scotland (b. 1198)
July 19 – Jacopo Tiepolo, Doge of Venice
September 27 – Count Raymond VII of Toulouse (b. 1197)
As-Salih Ayyub, ruler of Egypt
Abu Zakariya, ruler of the Maghreb (b. 1203)
William of Sherwood, English logician (b. 1190)
Wuzhun Shifan, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (b. 1178)
Song Ci, Chinese physician and judge (b. 1186)

All couresty of Wikipedia

But no info on this VERY specific date...
Must reference a ingame event because of this

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Dottoe
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 		What about December 22? Maybe two things match up.
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 		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_solstice
and
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/december-solstice.html

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 		Ah, so summer and winter solstice for the solstice puzzle.

I love astronomy. Why didn't I notice that? =p

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 		Also, fun coincidince. There is apparently a 1249 Solstice Ln in Ft Colins Colorado up for sale. =p
http://www.realtor.com/property-detail/1249-Solstice-Ln_Fort-Collins_CO_80525_05104901

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 		Lotta schools in the neighborhood, which means I'll be yelling at kids to get off my lawn all day.

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Aesculapius wrote:
Also, fun coincidince. There is apparently a 1249 Solstice Ln in Ft Colins Colorado up for sale. =p
http://www.realtor.com/property-detail/1249-Solstice-Ln_Fort-Collins_CO_80525_05104901


Obviously a clue
I say we pool our funds together to buy it

Serious: I can;t believe I didn't see the solstice connection... was the gum flavor ALSO solstice...?

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Arrowshot wrote:
Aesculapius wrote:
Also, fun coincidince. There is apparently a 1249 Solstice Ln in Ft Colins Colorado up for sale. =p
http://www.realtor.com/property-detail/1249-Solstice-Ln_Fort-Collins_CO_80525_05104901


Obviously a clue
I say we pool our funds together to buy it

Serious: I can;t believe I didn't see the solstice connection... was the gum flavor ALSO solstice...?


Yes, it was.


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 		Would be good to refrain from putting puzzle solves as thread titles...
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