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Years: 1259 1260 1261 - 1262 - 1263 1264 1265
Decades: 1230s 1240s 1250s - 1260s - 1270s 1280s 1290s
Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Events

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 (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's best known for authoring the prayer later adapted into the song Day by Day in the musical Godspell.

Births

July 2 - Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)

Ladislaus IV of Hungary (d. 1290)

Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester (d. 1326)

Deaths

July 15 - Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 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 (b. 1202)Further Information

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