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)
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