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Events on Friday 27 February 1265 1
1265Mamluk capture of Caesarea and ArsufSultan Baybars seizes two Crusader coastal strongholdsMamluk 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.