1268

1268 (MCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1268th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 268th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 13th century, and the 9th year of the 1260s decade. As of the start of 1268, 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:	1230s  1240s  1250s  – 1260s –  1270s  1280s  1290s
Years:	1265 1266 1267 – 1268 – 1269 1270 1271

1268 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1268 MCCLXVIII
Ab urbe condita	2021
Armenian calendar	717 ԹՎ ՉԺԷ
Assyrian calendar	6018
Balinese saka calendar	1189–1190
Bengali calendar	675
Berber calendar	2218
English Regnal year	52 Hen. 3 – 53 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar	1812
Burmese calendar	630
Byzantine calendar	6776–6777
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3964 or 3904     — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 3965 or 3905
Coptic calendar	984–985
Discordian calendar	2434
Ethiopian calendar	1260–1261
Hebrew calendar	5028–5029
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1324–1325
- Shaka Samvat	1189–1190
- Kali Yuga	4368–4369
Holocene calendar	11268
Igbo calendar	268–269
Iranian calendar	646–647
Islamic calendar	666–667
Japanese calendar	Bun'ei 5 (文永５年)
Javanese calendar	1178–1179
Julian calendar	1268 MCCLXVIII
Korean calendar	3601
Minguo calendar	644 before ROC 民前644年
Nanakshahi calendar	−200
Thai solar calendar	1810–1811
Tibetan calendar	阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1394 or 1013 or 241     — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1395 or 1014 or 242

Events

Europe

War and politics

• February 18 – The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakovor.
• October 29 – Conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the Hohenstaufen dynasty of Kings of Germany and Holy Roman Emperors, is executed along with his companion Frederick I, Margrave of Baden by Charles I of Sicily, a political rival and ally to the hostile Roman Catholic church.
• King Stephen V of Hungary launches a war against Bulgaria.
• The county of Wernigerode become a vassal state of the margrave of Brandenburg.
• The House of Bourbon first rises to prominence with the marriage of Robert, Count of Clermont to King Louis IX of France's daughter, Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress to the lordship of Bourbon.
• New election procedures for the election of the doge are established in Venice in order to reduce the influence of powerful individual families.
• Pope Clement IV dies; the following papal election fails to choose a new pope for almost three years, precipitating the later creation of stringent rules governing the electoral procedures.

Culture

• Nicola Pisano completes the famous octagonal Gothic-style pulpit at the Duomo di Siena.
• The carnival in Venice is first recorded.
• In France, the use of hops as the exclusive flavoring agent used in the manufacture of beer is made compulsory.
• In Slovakia, Guta was founded (currently Kolárovo).

Asia

• May 18 – The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch; Baibars' destruction of the city of Antioch was so great as to permanently negate the city's importance.
• The Battle of Xiangyang, a six-year battle between the Chinese Song Dynasty and the Mongol forces of Kublai Khan, begins in what is today Hubei.
• An earthquake in Cilicia kills about 60,000 people.

Births

• Mahaut of Artois (died 1327)
• Emperor Duanzong of China (died 1278)
• Philip IV of France (died 1314)

Deaths

• October 29 – Conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (born 1252)
• October 29 – Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (executed) (born 1249)
• November 29 – Pope Clement IV
• December 9 – Vaisvilkas, Prince of Black Ruthenia
• Barral of Baux, Grand Justiciar of Sicily
• Henry de Bracton, English jurist
• Peter II of Savoy (born 1203)