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* [[May 5]] &ndash; The College of Electors select [[Adolf, King of the Romans|Adolf]], count of Nassau, as the new King of the Romans and successor of Habsburg [[Rudolf I of Germany|Rudolf I]] who had died the previous year. Adolf is forced to make wide-ranging concessions to the Electors to get elected. He is crowned king on June 24 in Aachen by the Archbishop of Cologne.
* [[June 24]] &ndash; Castilian forces led by King [[Sancho IV of Castile|Sancho IV]] ("the Brave") begin the siege of [[Tarifa]]: eleven newly built engines bombard the city constantly by land and sea. Meanwhile, [[Muhammad II of Granada|Muhammad II]], Nasrid ruler of [[Emirate of Granada|Granada]], provides the army of Sancho with men, arms and also aids the blockade in the [[Strait of Gibraltar]]. Muhammad attacks Marinid outposts and his forces seize [[Estepona]] on the coast to the west of [[Málaga]]. Sancho conquers Tarifa after a siege of four months, on [[October 13]].<ref>O'Callaghan, Joseph F. (2011). ''The Gibraltar Crusade: Castile and the Battle for the Strait'', pp. 100–101. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press. {{ISBN|978-0-8122-2302-6}}.</ref>
* [[December]] &ndash; Muhammad II sends ambassadors to the Castilian court to ask Sancho IV to surrender Tarifa. Sancho refuses to yield the city to Granada and Muhammad, feeling betrayed, switches sides to form an alliance with the Marinids.<ref>O'Callaghan, Joseph F. (2011). ''The Gibraltar Crusade: Castile and the Battle for the Strait'', p. 102. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press. {{ISBN|978-0-8122-2302-6}}.</ref><ref>Kennedy, Hugh (2014). ''Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of Al-Andalus'', pp. 284–285. London: Routledge. {{ISBN|978-1-317-87041-8}}.</ref>