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1263 state leaders
Contents
1 Events
1.1 War and politics
1.2 Culture
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 See also
Events
War and politics
October
- King
Alexander III of Scotland
defeats the Viking armada of King
Haakon IV of Norway
in the
Battle of Largs
.
King
James I of Aragon
conquers
Crevillente
,
Spain
from the
Moors
during the
Reconquista
.
Mindaugas
, the first and only
Christian
king
of
Lithuania
, is assassinated by his cousin
Treniota
.
The chieftains of the eastern part of Iceland become the last to pledge fealty to the Norwegian king, bringing a more complete end to the
Icelandic Commonwealth
and the Icelandic civil war .
Genoa
captures the city of
Chania
on
Crete
from the
Venetians
.
Hulagu Khan
is defeated in an attempted invasion north of the
Caucasus
.
Culture
Nahmanides
, chief
rabbi
of
Catalonia
, defends the
Talmud
in an important
disputation
against Pablo Christiani before King
James I of Aragon
.
The doctrines of
theologian
Joachim of Fiore
are condemned as
heresy
by the
Roman Catholic Church
at a
synod
in
Arles
.
Balliol College, Oxford
is founded by
John de Balliol
.
The
Savoy Palace
is constructed in
London
by Count
Peter II of Savoy
.
Births
Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine
Deaths
March 19
-
Hugh of St Cher
, influential
French
cardinal
November 14
-
Alexander Nevsky
,
Grand Prince
of
Novgorod
and
Vladimir
December 15
-
Haakon IV of Norway
Count
Boniface of Savoy
Hamo de Crevequer
,
Norman
nobleman
Hojo Tokiyori, fifth
shikken
of the
Kamakura shogunate
in
Japan
Mindaugas
, Grand Duke (previously King) of
Lithuania
See also
List of state leaders in 1263
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