Mongke Khan dies besieging Diaoyu in Sichuan
August 11, 1259
The fourth Great Khan died of dysentery, or perhaps a Song crossbow bolt, during the long siege of Diaoyu fortress. His death halted Mongol offensives on four fronts and set in motion the succession war between his brothers Kublai and Ariq Boke. The fortress of Diaoyu, perched on a cliff above the Jialing River, had defied Mongol siege for six years and altered the course of world history.
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Also in 1259 (3 other events on record)
- Treaty of Paris settles Anglo-French lands · Europe · Politics
- Hohenstaufen loyalists make final stand in Apulia · Europe · Politics
- Nichiren exiled after predicting Mongol invasion · East Asia · Religion
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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