1263

'Years:' 1260 1261 1262 - 1263 - 1264 1265 1266

'Decades:' 1230s 1240s 1250s - '1260s' - 1270s 1280s 1290s

'Centuries:' 12th century - '13th century' - 14th century

Contents

Events

War and politics

Culture

Births

Deaths

Events

War and politics

★ October - King Alexander III of Scotland defeats the Viking armada of King Haakon IV of Norway in the Battle of Largs.

★ 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) was given city rights

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 de Balliol.

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

Births

★ January 22 - Ibn Taymiya, Syrian philosopher and jurist (died 1328)

★ Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1312)

Deaths

★ March 19 - Hugh of St Cher, French cardinal

★ September 12 - Mindaugas, King of Lithuania

★ November 14 - Alexander Nevsky, Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir

★ December 15 - King Haakon IV of Norway (born 1204)

★ Hamo de Crevequer, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

★ Count Boniface of Savoy

★ Hōjō Tokiyori, regent of Japan (born 1227)