1254
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| Years: 1251 1252 1253 - 1254 - 1255 1256 1257 |
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| Decades: 1220s 1230s 1240s - 1250s - 1260s 1270s 1280s |
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| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century |
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| 1254 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1254 MCCLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2007 |
| Armenian calendar | 703 ԹՎ ՉԳ |
| Chinese calendar | 3950 – 3951 癸丑 – 甲寅 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1246 – 1247 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5014 – 5015 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1309 – 1310 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1176 – 1177 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4355 – 4356 |
| Iranian calendar | 632 – 633 |
| Islamic calendar | 652 – 653 |
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[edit] Events
[edit] Europe
[edit] War and politics
- October 10 - Edward Plantagenet marries Eleanor of Castile. His father Henry III had demanded the marriage in exchange of ending the war with her brother Alfonso X of Castile
- December 2 - Manfred of Sicily defeats army of Pope Innocent IV at Foggia.
- King Louis IX of France, having exhausted his funds and being needed at home, abandons the Seventh Crusade (which he had conducted first in Egypt and then Syria) and returns to France.
- King Louis IX of France expels all Jews from France.
- King Afonso III of Portugal holds the first session of the Cortes (Portugal's general assembly composed of nobles, members of the middle class, and representatives from all municipalities) in Leiria.
- In England, an important step in the evolution of the Parliament and Peerage occurs, as lesser barons are replaced on the King's Council by elected representatives from shires and cities.
- Pope Innocent IV excommunicates Conrad IV of Germany and Rudolph I of Germany (later elected Holy Roman Emperor).
- The Ghibelline town of Pistoia is taken over by Guelph Florence.
[edit] Culture
- The Danish city of Copenhagen receives its city charter.
- The Catholic dogma of purgatory is clarified and so named by the Catholic church.
- The Horses of Saint Mark, once supposed to have adorned the Arch of Trajan in ancient Rome, are installed at Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice.
- The Swedish city of Malmö is founded.
- Construction is begun on the Cathedral of Saint Martin in Utrecht.
- December 12 - Pope Alexander IV succeeds Pope Innocent IV as the 179th pope.
[edit] Asia
- Byzantines defeat Bulgarians in the Battle of Adrianople.
- The classic Japanese text Kokin Chomonjo is completed.
[edit] Births
- September 15 - Marco Polo, Italian explorer (died 1324)
- Floris V, Count of Holland (died 1296)
- Zhao Mengfu, Chinese scholar, painter, and calligrapher
- Ren Renfa, Chinese painter
