Timeline February 1265

Events in February 1265 3

• 1217 – 1265 Hulagu Khan (1217-1265) Died 8 February 1265, aged 48 Hulagu Khan was a Mongol ruler and grandson of Genghis Khan who founded the Ilkhanate across Persia and the Middle East. He led the Mongol sack of Baghdad in 1258, ending the Abbasid Caliphate, and later fought the Mamluks for control of Syria. He died near Lake Urmia on 8 February 1265 and was succeeded by his son Abaqa.
• 1265 Election of Pope Clement IV Guy Foucois elected pope after a four-month vacancy The College of Cardinals elected Guy Foucois, a French former soldier and lawyer, as Pope Clement IV on 5 February 1265. He learned of his election only after he had taken holy orders following his wife's death. Clement IV went on to crown Charles of Anjou as King of Sicily the following year.
• 1265 Mamluk capture of Caesarea and Arsuf Sultan Baybars seizes two Crusader coastal strongholds Mamluk Sultan Baybars besieged and captured the Crusader ports of Caesarea in February and Arsuf in April 1265, weakening the Kingdom of Jerusalem's coastal defenses. The campaign was part of a sustained Mamluk offensive against the remaining Crusader states in the Levant. Arsuf's garrison of Hospitaller knights surrendered after a fierce siege.