1263

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century 13th century 14th century
Decades:	1240s 1250s 1260s 1270s 1280s
Years:	1260 1261 1262 1263 1264 1265 1266

1263 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1263 MCCLXIII
Ab urbe condita	2016
Armenian calendar	712 ԹՎ ՉԺԲ
Assyrian calendar	6013
Balinese saka calendar	1184–1185
Bengali calendar	670
Berber calendar	2213
English Regnal year	47 Hen. 3 – 48 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar	1807
Burmese calendar	625
Byzantine calendar	6771–6772
Chinese calendar	壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3960 or 3753     — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 3961 or 3754
Coptic calendar	979–980
Discordian calendar	2429
Ethiopian calendar	1255–1256
Hebrew calendar	5023–5024
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1319–1320
- Shaka Samvat	1184–1185
- Kali Yuga	4363–4364
Holocene calendar	11263
Igbo calendar	263–264
Iranian calendar	641–642
Islamic calendar	661–662
Japanese calendar	Kōchō 3 (弘長３年)
Javanese calendar	1173–1174
Julian calendar	1263 MCCLXIII
Korean calendar	3596
Minguo calendar	649 before ROC 民前649年
Nanakshahi calendar	−205
Thai solar calendar	1805–1806
Tibetan calendar	阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 1389 or 1008 or 236     — to — 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 1390 or 1009 or 237

Year 1263 (MCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By area

Europe

Northern and eastern Europe

• July – Scottish–Norwegian War: Haakon IV of Norway sets sail to defend the Hebrides, against Alexander III of Scotland.
• October 2 – Battle of Largs: an inconclusive battle in the Scottish–Norwegian War fought in Scotland, between kings Haakon IV of Norway and Alexander III of Scotland.
• 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 King of Norway, bringing a more complete end to the Icelandic Commonwealth and the Age of the Sturlungs.
• Hulagu Khan is defeated in an attempted invasion, north of the Caucasus.
• Based on Magdeburg Law, Żnin (Poland) is given city rights.

Mediterranean

• First half of the year – Battle of Settepozzi: A Venetian fleet defeats a superior Genoese-Byzantine fleet.
• King James I of Aragon conquers Crevillente, Spain from the Moors during the Reconquista.
• Alfonso X of Castile conquers Niebla from Ibn Mahfuz, thus terminating any Muslim presence in the western part of the peninsula.
• Genoa captures the city of Chania on Crete, from the Venetians.

By topic

Arts and culture

• The Savoy Palace is constructed in London by Peter II, Count of Savoy.

Education

• Balliol College, Oxford is founded by John I de Balliol.

Markets

• Edward, heir to the throne of England, seizes £10,000, which had been deposited to the trust of the Knights Templar in London, by foreign merchants and English magnates.
• The Bonsignori firm gains the full market of the transfer of fiscal revenue, from the papal estates to Rome.

Religion

• 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.

Births

• January 22 – Ibn Taymiyyah, Syrian philosopher and jurist (d. 1328)
• Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1312)
• Yolande of Dreux, Queen of Scotland (d. 1322)

Deaths

• January 16 – Shinran Shonin, Japanese founder of the Jodo Shinshu branch of Pure Land Buddhism (b. 1173)
• March – Manuel I Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond
• March 19 – Hugh of Saint-Cher, French cardinal
• November 8 – Matilda of Béthune, French countess
• November 14 – Alexander Nevsky, Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir
• December 16 – King Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)
• December 24 – Hōjō Tokiyori, regent of Japan (b. 1227)
• date unknown
  • Boniface, Count of Savoy
  • Boroldai, general of the Golden Horde
  • Chandrabhanu, Thai king of Tambralinga
  • Hamo de Crevecoeur, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
  • King Mindaugas of Lithuania