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1250''For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century.'' {| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years: 1247 1248 1249 - 1250 - 1251 1252 1253 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades: 1220s 1230s 1240s - 1250s - 1260s 1270s 1280s |- | align="center" | Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century |} ==Events== ===Europe=== * October 12 - A great storm shifts the mouth of the River Rother 12 miles (20 km) to the west; a battering series of strong storms significantly alter other coastal geography as well (''see Romney Marsh''). * December 13 - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, dies, beginning a 23-year-long interregnum known as the great interregnum. Frederick II is the last Holy Roman Emperor of the Hohenstaufen dynasty; after the interregnum, the empire passes to the Habsburgs. *The Lombard League dissolves upon the death of its member states' nemesis, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. * King Afonso III of Portugal captures the Algarve from the Moors, thus completing the expulsion of the Moors from Portugal. * Valdemar I of Sweden, first Swedish king of the Folkung house, becomes King of Sweden * Albertus Magnus isolates the element arsenic. He also first uses the word oriole to describe a type of bird (most likely the golden oriole of Great Britain). * University of Valladolid is founded in Spain. * The Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy is converted from a pontoon bridge to a permanent, raised wooden structure. * Vincent of Beauvais completes his proto-encyclopedic work, ''The Greater Mirror''. * The Parlement law courts of ''ancien régime'' France are established. * A plague breaks out in the city Naples (In what is now Italy), called the Naples Plague ===Asia=== * A kuriltai is called by Batu Khan in Siberia as part of maneuverings to eventually elect Möngke Khan as khan of the Mongol empire in 1251. ===Africa=== * July 3 - Louis IX of France is captured by Baibars' Mamluk army at the Battle of Fariskur while he is in Egypt conducting the Seventh Crusade; he later has to ransom himself. * The Bahri dynasty of Mamluks seize power in Egypt. * The Walayta state is founded in present-day Ethiopia (see Rulers of Walayta) ==Births== * Giovanni Pisano, Italy sculptor (d. 1314) * Moses de Leon, compiler of the Zohar (d. 1305) * Pietro d'Abano, Italian physics, philosophy, and astrology (d. 1316) ==Deaths== * February 2 - King Eric XI of Sweden * February 8 - Robert I of Artois * February 8 - William II Longespee, noted England participant in the Seventh Crusade led by France. * June 18 - Teresa of Portugal * August 9 - King Eric IV of Denmark * October 4 - Herman VI, Margrave of Baden * December 13 - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor * Leonardo of Pisa, better known as Fibonacci * Turanshah, Ayyubid heir to the Sultan of Egypt ==Eras and population estimates== The world population in 1250 is estimated at between 400 and 416 million individuals. Being a round number, the year 1250 is used to demarcate the beginning or ending of various eras or epochs. These include: *Judaism's acknowledged center of Jewish thought and learning: **End of the ''Geonim'' era in Babylonia (from 650) **Beginning of the ''Rishonim'' era (until 1550) *Medieval music - end of the Notre Dame school of polyphony ==See also== *List of state leaders in 1250 1250 als:1250 12501250s See other meanings of words starting from letter:A | B | C | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | X | Y | Z | |
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