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For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century.
| Years: 1253 1254 1255 - 1256 - 1257 1258 1259 | |
| Decades: 1220s 1230s 1240s - 1250s - 1260s 1270s 1280s | |
| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century 1256 state leaders | |
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Events
Europe
- April 13 - Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull constituting the Augustinian monastic order.
- The city of Lviv, in present-day Ukraine, is founded by Danylo King of Rus.
- Theodore II Lascaris, Byzantine Emperor (in exile in the Empire of Nicaea), successfully concludes a military campaign started a year earlier to recover Thrace from the Bulgarians.
Asia
- October - Mongol commander Baiju (operating under Hulagu Khan's command) leads his forces in a victory over Kay Ka'us II of the Sultanate of Rüm, thereby capturing Anatolia.
- December 15 - Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran.
- Hulagu Khan establishes the Ilkhanate dynasty of Persia, which will become one of four main divisions of the Mongol Empire.
- The Japanese [[|Kencho|Kenchō]] era ends, and the Kōgen era begins.
Births
- January 6 - Gertrude the Great, German mystic
- Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (died 1317)
Deaths
- January 28 - William II, Count of Holland, King of Germany
- September 1 - Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (born 1218)
- October 14 - Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (born 1239)
- William of Kilkenny, Lord Chancellor of England
- Johannes de Sacrobosco, English scholar
