1256

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1256

EVENTS

Europe

April 13 - Pope Alexander IV issues a Papal Bull constituting the Augustinian Monastic Order .

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 Bulgaria ns.

Asia

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

January 6 - Gertrude The Great , German mystic

Robert, Count Of Clermont , French founder of the House of Bourbon (died 1317 )

DEATHS

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

SEE ALSO

List Of State Leaders In 1256