''For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century.'' {| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1250 1251 1252 - 1253 - 1254 1255 1256 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1220s 1230s 1240s - 1250s - 1260s 1270s 1280s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
12th century - 13th century - 14th century |} ==Events== ===Europe=== ====War and politics==== *July 6 - Mindaugas is crowned as King of Lithuania. *July - William II, Count of Holland defeats the Flanders army at Westkapelle. *A series of Naval warfare begins between the Italy city-states of Genoa and Venice, which will continue sporadically until 1371. *King Henry III of England meets with England nobles and church leaders to reaffirm the validity of the Magna Carta. *Pope Innocent IV returns to Rome, having left nine 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. *Galicia (Central Europe) becomes a vassal state to the expanding Mongol Empire. ====Culture==== *Matthew Paris writes ''Historia Anglorum'', a work on England history. *The Basilica of San Francesco, the earliest important structure in the Italy Gothic architecture 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. ===Asia=== *April 28 - Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhism monk, declares his attention to preach the Lotus Sutra and ''Nam Myoho Renge Kyo'' as the true Buddhism, essentially founding the branch of Buddhism now known as 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 recorded meeting between European Christianitys and Buddhism. *The Mongol Empire launches attacks on the Muslim cities of Baghdad and Cairo. *The Mongol Empire destroys the Kingdom of Dali (''Yunnan'') in Early history of 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 name ''Baoyou'' begins in the Northern Song Dynasty of China. ==Births== *October 17 - Saint Ivo of Kermartin, patron saint of lawyers. *Hugh II of Cyprus *Henry IV of Silesia *Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria *John I, Duke of Brabant (d. 1294) ==Deaths== *August 11 - Saint Clare of Assisi, patron saint of television *September 22 - Dogen Zenji, founder of the Soto school of Zen Buddhism in Japan and author of the Shobogenzo and other important works. *September 22 or September 23 - Wenceslas I, King of Bohemia *October 9 - Robert Grosseteste, English statesman and theologian. *King Henry I of Cyprus *Otto II of Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria *Amadeus IV of Savoy *Theobald IV of Champagne *Elias of Cortona, an important early figure of the Franciscan order of Catholicism. *Saint Richard of Chichester, author of the prayer adapted into the song ''Day by Day'' in the musical Godspell. ==See also== *List of state leaders in 1253 1253
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''For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century.'' {| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1250 1251 1252 - 1253 - 1254 1255 1256 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1220s 1230s 1240s - 1250s - 1260s 1270s 1280s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
12th century - 13th century - 14th century |} ==Events== ===Europe=== ====War and politics==== *July 6 - Mindaugas is crowned as King of Lithuania. *July - William II, Count of Holland defeats the Flanders army at Westkapelle. *A series of Naval warfare begins between the Italy city-states of Genoa and Venice, which will continue sporadically until 1371. *King Henry III of England meets with England nobles and church leaders to reaffirm the validity of the Magna Carta. *Pope Innocent IV returns to Rome, having left nine 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. *Galicia (Central Europe) becomes a vassal state to the expanding Mongol Empire. ====Culture==== *Matthew Paris writes ''Historia Anglorum'', a work on England history. *The Basilica of San Francesco, the earliest important structure in the Italy Gothic architecture 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. ===Asia=== *April 28 - Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhism monk, declares his attention to preach the Lotus Sutra and ''Nam Myoho Renge Kyo'' as the true Buddhism, essentially founding the branch of Buddhism now known as 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 recorded meeting between European Christianitys and Buddhism. *The Mongol Empire launches attacks on the Muslim cities of Baghdad and Cairo. *The Mongol Empire destroys the Kingdom of Dali (''Yunnan'') in Early history of 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 name ''Baoyou'' begins in the Northern Song Dynasty of China. ==Births== *October 17 - Saint Ivo of Kermartin, patron saint of lawyers. *Hugh II of Cyprus *Henry IV of Silesia *Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria *John I, Duke of Brabant (d. 1294) ==Deaths== *August 11 - Saint Clare of Assisi, patron saint of television *September 22 - Dogen Zenji, founder of the Soto school of Zen Buddhism in Japan and author of the Shobogenzo and other important works. *September 22 or September 23 - Wenceslas I, King of Bohemia *October 9 - Robert Grosseteste, English statesman and theologian. *King Henry I of Cyprus *Otto II of Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria *Amadeus IV of Savoy *Theobald IV of Champagne *Elias of Cortona, an important early figure of the Franciscan order of Catholicism. *Saint Richard of Chichester, author of the prayer adapted into the song ''Day by Day'' in the musical Godspell. ==See also== *List of state leaders in 1253 1253
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