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'Years:' 1254 1255 1256 - 1257 - 1258 1259 1260

'Decades:' 1220s 1230s 1240s - '1250s' - 1260s 1270s 1280s

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

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Births

Deaths

Events

★ Robert de Sorbon founds the ''Collège de Sorbonne'' at Paris, giving a formal college (and still-common name) to the already existing University of Paris in France.

★ Matthew Paris, English historian, personally intreviews King Henry III of England for a week straight while compiling his major work of English history, ''Chronica Majora''.

★ King Henry III of England orders the production of an twenty pence English coin of pure gold, the first high-denomination coin minted in England and the first to use gold. Unfortunately for King Henry, the bullion value of the coins was about 20% higher than the nominal face value, leading to poor circulation as coins were melted down by individuals for their gold content.

★ The second Genoese War breaks out between Genoa and Venice in Outremer known as the War of Saint Sabas.

★ The city of Kraków is rebuilt by Boleslaus V of Poland after being nearly destroyed in the Tatar invasions in 1241.

★ The Japanese Kōgen era ends, and the Shōka era begins.

Births

★ October 14 - King Przemysł II of Poland (d. 1296)

★ Beatrice of Burgundy (died 1310)

★ King Sancho IV of Castile and León (died 1295)

Deaths

★ June 4 - Duke Przemysł I of Greater Poland

★ August 15 - Saint Hyacinth

★ December 24 - John I, Count of Hainaut (born 1218)