1263
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| Years: 1260 1261 1262 – 1263 – 1264 1265 1266 |
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| Decades: 1230s 1240s 1250s – 1260s – 1270s 1280s 1290s |
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| Centuries: 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
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| 1263 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1263 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1263 MCCLXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2016 |
| Armenian calendar | 712 ԹՎ ՉԺԲ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -581 – -580 |
| Berber calendar | 2213 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1807 |
| Burmese calendar | 625 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6771 – 6772 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬戌年十一月二十日 (3899/3959-11-20) — to —
癸亥年十一月三十日(3900/3960-11-30) |
| Coptic calendar | 979 – 980 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1255 – 1256 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5023 – 5024 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1318 – 1319 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1185 – 1186 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4364 – 4365 |
| Holocene calendar | 11263 |
| Iranian calendar | 641 – 642 |
| Islamic calendar | 661 – 662 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3596 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1806 |
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[edit] Events
[edit] War and politics
- October 2 – Battle of Largs: King Alexander III of Scotland defeats the Viking armada of King Haakon IV of Norway.
- King James I of Aragon conquers Crevillente, Spain from the Moors during the Reconquista.
- Mindaugas, the only Christian king of Lithuania, is assassinated by his cousin Treniota.
- The chieftains of the eastern part of Iceland become the last to pledge fealty to the Norwegian king, bringing a more complete end to the Icelandic Commonwealth and the Icelandic civil war.
- Genoa captures the city of Chania on Crete from the Venetians.
- Hulagu Khan is defeated in an attempted invasion north of the Caucasus.
- Based on Magdeburg Law, Żnin (Poland) is given city rights.
[edit] Culture
- Nahmanides, chief rabbi of Catalonia, defends the Talmud in an important disputation against Pablo Christiani before King James I of Aragon.
- The doctrines of theologian Joachim of Fiore are condemned as heresy by the Roman Catholic Church at a synod in Arles.
- Balliol College, Oxford is founded by John I de Balliol.
- The Savoy Palace is constructed in London by Count Peter II of Savoy.
[edit] Births
- January 22 – Ibn Taymiya, Syrian philosopher and jurist (d. 1328)
- Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1312)
[edit] Deaths
- March 19 – Hugh of St Cher, French cardinal
- September 12 – King Mindaugas of Lithuania
- November 14 – Alexander Nevsky, Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir
- December 15 – King Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)
- Hamo de Crevequer, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
- Count Boniface of Savoy
- Hōjō Tokiyori, regent of Japan (b. 1227)
