1261

Years: 1258 1259 1260 - 1261 - 1262 1263 1264
Decades: 1230s 1240s 1250s - 1260s - 1270s 1280s 1290s
Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

1261 by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
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Births - Deaths
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Establishments - Disestablishments v • d • e

Hagia Sofia in Constantinople. The city was captured by the Empire of Nicaea on July 25, 1261, thus re-establishing the Byzantine Empire.

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January - Pope bans the movement of Flagellants.
July 25 - The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, thus re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines also succeed in capturing Thessalonica and the rest of the Latin Empire.
15 August - Michael VIII Palaeologus is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.
August 29 - Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander III as the 182nd pope. He was the last man to do so without being a Cardinal first.
The population of Greenland accepts the overlordship of the King of Norway.
The Japanese Bun'o era ends, and the Kocho era begins.
The Convent of Wurmsbach is established in Switzerland.
Baibars establishes a puppet Caliphate in Cairo.
Bela IV of Hungary repels a Tatar invasion.