1261
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| Years: 1258 1259 1260 - 1261 - 1262 1263 1264 |
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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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| 1261 by topic | |
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| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1261 MCCLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2014 |
| Armenian calendar | 710 ԹՎ ՉԺ |
| Chinese calendar | 3957 – 3958 庚申 – 辛酉 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1253 – 1254 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5021 – 5022 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1316 – 1317 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1183 – 1184 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4362 – 4363 |
| Iranian calendar | 639 – 640 |
| Islamic calendar | 659 – 660 |
[edit] Events
- January - Pope bans the movement of Flagellants.
- July 25 - The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, thus re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines also succeed in capturing Thessalonica and the rest of the Latin Empire.
- 15 August - Michael VIII Palaeologus is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.
- August 29 - Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander III as the 180th pope. He was the last man to do so without being a Cardinal first.
- The population of Greenland accepts the overlordship of the King of Norway.
- The Japanese Bun'o era ends, and the Kocho era begins.
- The Convent of Wurmsbach is established in Switzerland.
- Baibars establishes a puppet Caliphate in Cairo.
- Bela IV of Hungary repels a Tatar invasion.
[edit] Births
- February 1 - Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (died 1326)
- October 9 - Denis of Portugal (died 1325)
- Daniel of Moscow, son of Alexander Nevsky
[edit] Deaths
- February 28 - Henry III, Duke of Brabant
- May 25 - Pope Alexander IV
- September 18 - Konrad von Hochstaden, Archbishop of Cologne
- Plaisance of Antioch, regent
- Ch'in Chiu-Shao, Chinese mathematician (born 1201)
