1256
year
1256 (MCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1256th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 256th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 13th century, and the 7th year of the 1250s decade. As of the start of 1256, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1220s 1230s 1240s – 1250s – 1260s 1270s 1280s |
| Years: | 1253 1254 1255 – 1256 – 1257 1258 1259 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1256 MCCLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2009 |
| Armenian calendar | 705 ԹՎ ՉԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6006 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1177–1178 |
| Bengali calendar | 663 |
| Berber calendar | 2206 |
| English Regnal year | 40 Hen. 3 – 41 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1800 |
| Burmese calendar | 618 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6764–6765 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3952 or 3892 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3953 or 3893 |
| Coptic calendar | 972–973 |
| Discordian calendar | 2422 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1248–1249 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5016–5017 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1312–1313 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1177–1178 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4356–4357 |
| Holocene calendar | 11256 |
| Igbo calendar | 256–257 |
| Iranian calendar | 634–635 |
| Islamic calendar | 653–654 |
| Japanese calendar | Kenchō 8 / Kōgen 1 (康元元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1165–1166 |
| Julian calendar | 1256 MCCLVI |
| Korean calendar | 3589 |
| Minguo calendar | 656 before ROC 民前656年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −212 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1798–1799 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 1382 or 1001 or 229 — to — 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 1383 or 1002 or 230 |
Events change
Europe change
- May 4 – Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae constituting the Augustinian monastic order at Lecceto Monastery.
- 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.
Abingdon School is founded. Roger Bacon becomes a Franciscan Friar.
Asia change
- 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 Kenchō era ends, and the Kōgen era begins.
Births change
- January 6 – Gertrude the Great, German mystic
- Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (died 1317)
- Ibn al-Banna, Arab Mathematician (died 1321)
Deaths change
- January 28 – William II, Count of Holland, King of Germany
- June 13 – Tankei, Japanese sculptor (born 1173)
- 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