Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century Decades: 1200s 1210s 1220s 1230s 1240s - 1250s - 1260s 1270s 1280s 1290s 1300s
Years: 1250Events December 13 Death of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Louis IX of France is captured by Muslims and has to ransom himself Mabinogion appears Albertus Magnus isolates the element arsenic Vincent of Beauvais writes proto-encyclopedic The Greater Mirr 1251Events Births Deaths Monarchs/Presidents Aragon James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Castile Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and Leon (reigned from 1217 to 1252) 1251. 1252Events Alfonso X of Castile, the Wise el Sabio Stockholm is founded by Birger Jarl (cf 1854) The widespread usage of torture by the Medieval Inquisition is introduced. The first European gold coins are minted. In the Italian city of Florence known as the 1253Events Liepja, Latvian city, founded by fishermen. Sligo Abbey built in Sligo, Ireland Births July 6, Mindaugas crowned as King of Lithuania. Deaths October 9 Robert Grosseteste, English statesman and theologian. Monarchs/Presidents Aragon James I King of 1254Events December 2 Manfred of Sicily defeats army of Pope Innocent IV at Foggia. Theodore II Lascaris succeeds John III Ducas Vatatzes as Byzantine emperor. Byzantines defeat Bulgarians at Adrianople. Alkmaar granted city rights. Births Marco Polo, Venetia 1255Events Konigsberg was founded Births Deaths Monarchs/Presidents Aragon James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) 1255. 1256Events Hanseatic League formed. Births Deaths September 1, Kujo Yoritsune Monarchs/Presidents Aragon James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) 1256. 1257Events La Sorbonne, the famous university in Paris, is founded Eutin in Schleswig-Holstein is given its city rights Henry III of England orders the production of a coinage of pure gold location of city Cracow Births Sancho IV king of Castile and Leon Deat 1258 1259
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