1260
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| Years: 1257 1258 1259 - 1260 - 1261 1262 1263 |
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| Decades: 1230s 1240s 1250s - 1260s - 1270s 1280s 1290s |
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| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century |
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| 1260 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1260 MCCLX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2013 |
| Armenian calendar | 709 ԹՎ ՉԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -584 – -583 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1804 |
| Chinese calendar | 3896/3956-intercalary 11-17 (己未年閏十一月十七日) — to —
3897/3957-11-28(庚申年十一月廿八日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1252 – 1253 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5020 – 5021 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1315 – 1316 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1182 – 1183 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4361 – 4362 |
| Holocene calendar | 11260 |
| Iranian calendar | 638 – 639 |
| Islamic calendar | 658 – 659 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1920 (皇紀1920年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11260 |
| Julian calendar | 1305 |
| Korean calendar | 3593 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1803 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
[edit] Europe
[edit] War and politics
- September 4 - The Senese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of King Manfred of Sicily, defeats the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
- King Otakar II of Bohemia captures Styria from King Bela IV of Hungary in the Battle of Kressenbrunn.
- The Baltic Samogitians and Curonians defeat the Teutonic knights in the Battle of Durbe.
- The Duchy of Saxony is divided into Saxony-Lauenberg and Saxony-Wittenberg, marking the end of the first Saxon state.
- War breaks out in the Valais (today in Switzerland) as the Bishopry of Sion defends against an invasion by the County of Savoy.
Mongols took over Slovakia (called Hungary). After being attcked by the Franks they mixed in with Slavic population.
[edit] Culture
Mongol empire overtook Slovakia (called Hungary) after being attacket by Franks they mixed with Slavic population.
- October 24 - The spectacular Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Construction on the Dunkeld Cathedral begins in Perthshire, Scotland.
- Construction begins on the cathedral at Meißen.
- Construction begins on the cathedral at Schwerin.
- Jacobus de Voragine compiles his work, the Golden Legend, a late medieval best-seller.
- Nicola Pisano sculpts the pulpit of the Pisa Baptistery.
- German musical theorist Franco of Cologne publishes Ars Cantus Mensurabilis, in which he advances a new theory of musical notation in which the length of a musical note is denoted by the shape of that note, a system still used today.
- The mosaic Christ between the Virgin and St Minias is made on the facade of Florence's Basilica di San Miniato al Monte.
[edit] Asia
- May 5 - Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
- September 3 - The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
- The Sena Dynasty of Bengal falls.
- The Chinese era Jingding begins and ends in the Northern Song Dynasty of China.
- The Japanese Shogen era ends, and the Bun'o era begins.
- The Hindu Silharya Dynasty, which ruled an area around Mumbai, ends.
- The newly formed Sukhothai kingdom of Thailand adopts Theravada Buddhism.
[edit] Africa
- October 24 - Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt, is assassinated by Baibars, who seizes power for himself.
[edit] Births
- Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (died 1339)
- Matthew Csák, ruler of the Váh and the Tatras regions in present-day Slovakia (died 1321)
- Meister Eckhart, German theologian, philosopher and mystic (died 1328)
- Agnes of France, only daughter of Louis VII of France by his third wife Adèle of Champagne (died 1240)
- Andronicus II Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (died 1332)
- Enguerrand de Marigny, minister to King Philip IV of France
- Guillaume de Nogaret, keeper of the seal to King Philip IV of France (year very uncertain) (died 1313)
- Maximus Planudes, Byzantine grammarian and theologian (approximate date; died 1330)
- Farsi, Persian mathematician and physicist (died 1320)
[edit] Deaths
- October 24 - Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt
- Franciscus Accursius, Italian jurist (approximate date)
- Matilda II of Bologne, sovereign Countess of Bologne
- Aymer de Valence, Bishop of Winchester
