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Heads of State
Year of the Fire Rat丙子( at the beginning of the year Wood Pig乙亥)
Syria: 1527/28 ( the year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
England
- MAY 26: Crown Prince Louis of France lands his invading army in England, where he led the homage of the barons as well as by King Alexander II of Scotland receives in Saint Paul 's Cathedral, but without being there crowned. During the year, he is able to conquer the entire eastern England.
- October 19: With the death of his father, King John, Henry III is. at the age of nine, King of England.
- October 28: Henry III. is crowned in the cathedral of Gloucester. The regency take Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester, Hubert de Burgh and William Marshal.
Holy Roman Empire
Ersturkundliche mentions and civic rights
- Dresden ( Slavic: " swamp forest " ) was first mentioned as a city.
- Grossaffoltern is first mentioned.
Religion
- December 22: Pope Honorius III. confirmed in the Bull Religiosam vitam the Rule of the Dominicans.
- Engelbert I of Berg is Archbishop of Cologne.
- Completion of the Benedictine Abbey Laach (after 1863 Khajuraho )
Born
- Probably SEPTEMBER 17: Robert I, Count of Artois († 1250)
- Erik IV, King of Denmark ( † 1250)
Died
- FEBRUARY 23: Geoffrey de Mandeville FitzGeoffrey, 2nd Earl of Essex and 6th Earl of Gloucester (c. 1191 )