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1255
Years:
1252
1253
1254
- 1255 -
1256
1257
1258
Decades
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1220s
1230s
1240s
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1250s
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1260s
1270s
1280s
Centuries
:
12th century
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13th century
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14th century
1255 by topic
Politics
State leaders
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Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births
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Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments
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Disestablishments
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1255
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Hebrew calendar
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Iranian calendar
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Islamic calendar
652 – 653
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar
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Thai solar calendar
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Contents
1
Events
1.1
Europe
1.1.1
Western Europe
1.1.2
Central and Eastern Europe
1.2
Asia
2
Births
3
Deaths
Events
Europe
Western Europe
August
- The final
Cathar
stronghold in southern
France
falls, eliminating their last refuge since the
Roman Catholic Church
began the
Albigensian Crusade
to crush the sect in
1209
.
The death of
Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln
prompts the persecution of
Jews
in
England
, based on the
blood libel
.
Lisbon
becomes the capital of the
Kingdom of Portugal
.
The
Gothic
cathedral
at
Bourges
,
France
, is completed. It is now a
UNESCO
World Heritage Site
.
A survey of royal privileges is conducted, which is included in the
Hundred Rolls
, an
English
census
seen as a follow up to the
Domesday Book
completed in
1086
; the Hundred Rolls is later completed with two larger surveys in
1274
/
1275
and
1279
/
1280
.
Central and Eastern Europe
May
-
William of Rubruck
from
Constantinople
returns to
Cyprus
from his missionary journey to convert the
Tatars
of central and eastern Asia, his efforts having been unsuccessful.
Königsberg
(now
Kaliningrad
) is founded by the
Teutonic Knights
in
Prussia
and named in honour of king
Ottokar II of Bohemia
.
Theodore II Lascaris
,
Byzantine Emperor
(in exile in the
Empire of Nicaea
), conducts a military campaign to recover
Thrace
from the
Bulgarians
. He concludes the task successfully a year later in
1256
.
The
Duchy of Bavaria
is split into
Upper and Lower Bavaria
.
The
German
state of
Nassau
is divided, not to be reunited until
1806
.
King
Béla IV of Hungary
grants
Banská Bystrica
the municipal rights of a royal town.
Asia
Hulagu Khan
is dispatched by his brother
Möngke Khan
to destroy the remaining
Muslim
states in southwestern
Asia
.
Births
Albert I of Germany
,
Holy Roman Emperor
(d.
1308
)
William de Ros, 2nd Baron de Ros
, claimant to the crown of
Scotland
(d.
1317
)
Duccio
di Buoninsegna,
Sienese
painter
(d.
1319
)
Grand Prince
Andrey of Gorodets
(approximate date; d.
1304
)
Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg
,
King of the Romans
(approximate date; d.
1298
)
Deaths
May 1
-
Walter de Gray
, English prelate and statesman
Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln
(b.
1247
)
Jarler
, Archbishop of Sweden
Sundiata Keita
, semi-historical hero and founder of the
Mali Empire
(approximate date; b. c.
1190
)
Batu Khan
,
Mongol
ruler and founder of the
Blue Horde
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