Timeline December 1282

Events in December 1282 4

• 1223 – 1282 Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1223-1282) Died 11 December 1282, aged 59 Known as Llywelyn the Last, he was the last sovereign Prince of Wales before the English conquest. He was killed in a skirmish near Builth Wells during Edward I's invasion of Wales.
• 1224 – 1282 Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224-1282) Died 11 December 1282, aged 58 He founded the Palaiologos dynasty and recaptured Constantinople from the Latin Empire in 1261, restoring Byzantine rule. His reign was marked by the controversial Union of the Churches with Rome, which provoked lasting hostility among his Orthodox subjects.
• 1282 Battle of Orewin Bridge Llywelyn ap Gruffudd killed, ending Welsh resistance to English conquest English forces under Edward I's commanders ambushed and defeated Welsh troops near the River Irfon, killing Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales. His death effectively ended organized native Welsh resistance and cleared the way for Edward I's conquest of Wales, completed the following year.
• 1282 Habsburgs granted Austria and Styria Rudolf I establishes Habsburg rule over Austria At the Diet of Augsburg, King Rudolf I of Germany invested his sons Albert and Rudolf II with the Duchies of Austria and Styria, won after his defeat of Ottokar II of Bohemia. The grant began more than six centuries of Habsburg rule over Austria.