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1253
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1252
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1254
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1256
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1253 by topic
Politics
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Sovereign states
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1253
in other calendars
Gregorian calendar
1253
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2006
Armenian calendar
702
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Bahá'í calendar
-591 – -590
Berber calendar
2203
Buddhist calendar
1797
Burmese calendar
615
Byzantine calendar
6761 – 6762
Chinese calendar
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(3889/3949-11-30)
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年十二月初十日
(3890/3950-12-10)
Coptic calendar
969 – 970
Ethiopian calendar
1245 – 1246
Hebrew calendar
5013
–
5014
Hindu calendars
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Vikram Samvat
1308 – 1309
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Shaka Samvat
1175 – 1176
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Kali Yuga
4354 – 4355
Holocene calendar
11253
Iranian calendar
631 – 632
Islamic calendar
650 – 651
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar
3586
Thai solar calendar
1796
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Contents
1
Events
1.1
Europe
1.1.1
War and politics
1.1.2
Culture
1.2
Asia
2
Births
3
Deaths
Events
Europe
War and politics
July
-
William II, Count of Holland
defeats the
Flemish
army at
Westkapelle
.
July 6
-
Mindaugas
is crowned as King of
Lithuania
.
A series of
naval wars
begins between the
Italian
city-states
of
Genoa
and
Venice
, which will continue sporadically until
1371
.
King
Henry III of England
meets with
English
nobles and church leaders to reaffirm the validity of the
Magna Carta
.
Pope Innocent IV
returns to
Rome
, having left 9 years earlier in
1244
to depose
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
, and being unable to return until after Frederick's death, due to the agitation throughout Europe caused by that action.
Having rebuffed the armed forces of
Conrad IV of Germany
, Pope Innocent IV offers
Sicily
to Edmund, son of King
Henry III of England
.
Halych-Volynia
becomes a vassal state to the expanding
Mongol Empire
.
Culture
Matthew Paris
writes
Historia Anglorum
, a work on
English
history.
The Basilica of San Francesco, the earliest important structure in the
Italian
Gothic
style of
architecture
, is completed in
Assisi
, Italy.
Sligo Abbey
is built in
Sligo
,
Ireland
.
The
Domus Conversorum
, a building and institution in
London
for
Jews
who had converted to
Christianity
, is established by King
Henry III of England
.
La Sorbonne
is founded by
Robert de Sorbon
.
Asia
April 28
-
Nichiren
, a
Japanese
Buddhist
monk, declares his intent to preach the
Lotus Sutra
and
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
as the true Buddhism, thus founding
Nichiren Buddhism
.
May
- King
Louis IX of France
dispatches
William of Rubruck
from
Constantinople
on a missionary journey to convert the
Tatars
of central and eastern Asia. Later that year, William records the first meeting between
European
Christians
and
Buddhists
.
The
Mongol Empire
launches attacks on the
Muslim
cities of
Baghdad
and
Cairo
.
The Mongol Empire destroys the
Kingdom of Dali
(
Yunnan
) in
Laos
and incorporates the region into their empire.
Kublai Khan
introduces the
baisha xiyue
song and dance suite to the
music of Yunnan
.
The
Chinese era
Baoyou
begins in the Southern
Song Dynasty
of
China
.
The
Mongols
defeat the
Thai
confederacy.
Births
October 17
- Saint
Ivo of Kermartin
, French canon lawyer
John I, Duke of Brabant
(d.
1294
)
Hugh II of Cyprus
(d.
1267
)
Deaths
January 19
-
Dogen
, Japanese founder of the Soto school of Zen Buddhism
July 8
-
Theobald IV of Champagne
(b.
1201
)
August 11
-
Clare of Assisi
, Italian follower of
Francis of Assisi
(b.
1194
)
September 23
-
Wenceslaus I, King of Bohemia
October 9
-
Robert Grosseteste
, English statesman and theologian
Saint
Richard of Chichester
King
Henry I of Cyprus
(b.
1217
)
Amadeus IV of Savoy
(b.
1197
)
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