1262
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1262 (MCCLXII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1262nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 262nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 13th century, and the 3rd year of the 1260s decade. As of the start of 1262, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
Decades: | 1230s 1240s 1250s – 1260s – 1270s 1280s 1290s |
Years: | 1259 1260 1261 – 1262 – 1263 1264 1265 |
Gregorian calendar | 1262 MCCLXII |
Ab urbe condita | 2015 |
Armenian calendar | 711 ԹՎ ՉԺԱ |
Assyrian calendar | 6012 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1183–1184 |
Bengali calendar | 669 |
Berber calendar | 2212 |
English Regnal year | 46 Hen. 3 – 47 Hen. 3 |
Buddhist calendar | 1806 |
Burmese calendar | 624 |
Byzantine calendar | 6770–6771 |
Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3958 or 3898 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3959 or 3899 |
Coptic calendar | 978–979 |
Discordian calendar | 2428 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1254–1255 |
Hebrew calendar | 5022–5023 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1318–1319 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1183–1184 |
- Kali Yuga | 4362–4363 |
Holocene calendar | 11262 |
Igbo calendar | 262–263 |
Iranian calendar | 640–641 |
Islamic calendar | 660–661 |
Japanese calendar | Kōchō 2 (弘長2年) |
Javanese calendar | 1171–1173 |
Julian calendar | 1262 MCCLXII |
Korean calendar | 3595 |
Minguo calendar | 650 before ROC 民前650年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −206 |
Thai solar calendar | 1804–1805 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1388 or 1007 or 235 — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 1389 or 1008 or 236 |
Events
change- King Mindaugas of Lithuania renounces Christianity, returning to his pagan roots and reverting to Grand Duke of Lithuania.
- The Icelandic Commonwealth enters into a treaty establishing a union with Norway and acknowledges Norwegian King Haakon IV as its ruler.
- Strasbourg becomes an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire.
- King Henry III of England obtains a papal bull releasing him from the Provisions of Oxford, preceding the Second Barons' War, a civil war started in 1263.
- King Mengrai of the Lannathai kingdom in present-day Thailand founds the city of Chiang Rai as the kingdom's first capital.
- Adam de la Halle writes the first operetta, "Le Jeu de la Feuillee".
- Richard of Chichester is canonized as a saint; he is best known for writing the prayer later adapted into the song Day by Day in the musical Godspell.
Births
change- July 2 – Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (died 1312)
- Ladislaus IV of Hungary (died 1290)
- Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester (died 1326)
Deaths
change- July 15 – Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (born 1222)
- Aegidius of Assisi, companion of Saint Francis of Assisi
- Shinran Shonin, Japanese founder of the Jodo Shinshu branch of Pure Land Buddhism
- Matilda II of Boulogne, Queen of Portugal, spouse of King Afonso III of Portugal (born 1202)