1250

This article is about the year 1250. For the character encoding (codepage), seeWindows-1250.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century 13th century 14th century
Decades:	1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s 1270s
Years:	1247 1248 1249 1250 1251 1252 1253

1250 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	1250 MCCL
Ab urbe condita	2003
Armenian calendar	699 ԹՎ ՈՂԹ
Assyrian calendar	6000
Balinese saka calendar	1171–1172
Bengali calendar	657
Berber calendar	2200
English Regnal year	34Hen. 3– 35Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar	1794
Burmese calendar	612
Byzantine calendar	6758–6759
Chinese calendar	Mình dậuNăm (EarthRooster) 3947 or 3740 — to — Canh tuất năm (MetalDog) 3948 or 3741
Coptic calendar	966–967
Discordian calendar	2416
Ethiopian calendar	1242–1243
Hebrew calendar	5010–5011
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1306–1307
-Shaka Samvat	1171–1172
-Kali Yuga	4350–4351
Holocene calendar	11250
Igbo calendar	250–251
Iranian calendar	628–629
Islamic calendar	647–648
Japanese calendar	Kenchō2 ( kiến trường ２ năm )
Javanese calendar	1159–1160
Julian calendar	1250 MCCL
Korean calendar	3583
Minguo calendar	662 beforeROC Dân trước 662 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−218
Thai solar calendar	1792–1793
Tibetan calendar	Âm thổ gà năm (female Earth-Rooster) 1376 or 995 or 223 — to — Dương kim cẩu năm (male Iron-Dog) 1377 or 996 or 224

Year1250(MCCL) was acommon year starting on Saturday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

By place

World

• Theworld populationis estimated at between 400 and 416 million individuals.
• World climate transitions from theMedieval Warm Periodto theLittle Ice Age.
• Medieval music:TheNotre Dame schoolofpolyphonyends.

Europe

• February 2– KingEric XI(Eriksson) dies and is succeeded by the 10-year-oldValdemar I,who is the eldest son ofBirger jarl.He is elected as ruler ofSweden,and becomes the first Swedish king of theHouse of Folkung.
• October 12– A great storm shifts the mouth of theRiver Rotherin England 12 miles (20 km) to the west; a battering series of strong storms significantly alters other coastal geography aroundRomney Marsh.
• December 13– EmperorFrederick IIdies, beginning the 23-year-long "GreatInterregnum".Frederick is the last Holy Roman Emperor of theHohenstaufendynasty; after the interregnum, the empire passes to theHabsburgs.
• TheLombard Leaguedissolves upon the death of its member states' nemesis, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• KingAfonso III(the Boulonnais) captures theAlgarvefrom the Moors, thus completing the expulsion of the Moors fromPortugal.
• Albertus Magnusisolates the elementarsenic,as the 8th discovered metal. He also first uses the word "oriole"to describe a type of bird (most likely thegolden oriole).
• TheRialto BridgeinVenice(in modern-dayItaly) is converted from a pontoon bridge to a permanent, raised wooden structure.
• ThePonts Couvertsfortified bridges ofStrasbourg(in modern-day France) are completed.
• Vincent of Beauvaiscompletes his proto-encyclopedic workSpeculum Maius( "Greater mirror" ).
• The first of theParlementsofAncien RégimeFrance is established.
• Villard de Honnecourtdraws the first known image of asawmill.
• The first usage is made of the English word "cuckold",according to theOxford English Dictionary.

Asia

• July 9– TheQaymariyyatribe engineers acoup d'étatto hand overDamascustoAn-Nasir Yusuf.The garrison in the citadel surrenders later to him.
• Akurultaiis called byBatu KhaninSiberiaas part of maneuverings which will electMöngke Khanaskhanof theMongol Empirein1251.
• Starting in this year and ending in1275,the MuslimShougeng Pu,likely a Persian or an Arab, serves as the Commissioner of Merchant Shipping for theSong dynastyChineseseaportatQuanzhou,due to his effort in defeating pirates.

Africa

• April 8–Battle of Fariskur:Louis IX (the Saint) is captured byBaibars'Mamlukarmy while he is inEgyptconducting theSeventh Crusade;he later has to ransom himself.
• April 30– KingLouis IX(the Saint) is released by his Egyptian captors after paying a ransom ofone milliondinarsand turning over the city ofDamietta.
• May 2–Al-Muazzam Turanshah,Ayyubid ruler of Egypt, is murdered, ending effectiveAyyubid Dynastyrule in the country. He is briefly succeeded by his widow, SultanaShajar al-Durr.
• July 21–Aybakbecomes ruler ofEgypt,beginning theBahri Dynastyof theMamluk Sultanate.After 5 days he stands down and the 6-year-oldAl-Ashraf Musais nominally proclaimed sultan.
• TheWelaytastate is founded in modern-dayEthiopia.
• InTunis,a popular rebellion against newly arrived, wealthy and influential Andalusian refugees breaks out, and is violently put down.

Oceania

• Samoafrees itself fromTongan rule,which begins theMalietoadynasty in Samoa (approximate date).

By topic

Markets

• The Flemish town ofDouaiemits the first recorded redeemable annuities in medieval Europe, confirming a trend of consolidation of local public debt started in1218,inRheims.
• TheSienesebankers belonging to the firm known as theGran Tavola,under the steering of the Bonsignori Brothers, become the main financiers of the Papacy.

Births

• April 8–John Tristan,son ofLouis IX(d.1270)
• Adolf II of Waldeck,prince-bishop ofLiège(d.1302)
• Agnes of Baden,German noblewoman (d.1295)
• Albert II of Saxony,Germannobleman(d.1298)
• Albert III,German nobleman and knight (d.1300)
• Albertus de Chiavari,Italian Master General (d. 1300)
• Allamah al-Hilli,PersianShiatheologian (d.1325)
• Asher ben Jehiel,German Jewishrabbi(d.1327)
• Beatrice of Savoy,Swiss noblewoman (d.1292)
• Bonconte I da Montefeltro,Italian general (d.1289)
• Diether of Nassau,archbishop ofTrier(d.1307)
• Dmitry of Pereslavl,Kievan Grand Prince (d.1294)
• Esclaramunda of Foix,queen ofMajorca(d.1315)
• Fra Dolcino,Italian priest and reformist (d. 1307)
• Grigorije II of Ras,Serbian monk-scribe (d.1321)
• Guido Cavalcanti,Italian poet and writer (d. 1300)
• Jeanne de Montfort,Swiss noblewoman (d. 1300)
• John IV(Laskaris), emperor ofNicaea(d.1305)
• Konrad II of Masovia,Polish nobleman (d. 1294)
• Margaret of Burgundy,queen ofSicily(d.1308)
• Matteo I Visconti,Italianimperial vicar(d.1322)
• Mordechai ben Hillel,German scholar (d. 1298)
• Nijō Tameyo,Japanese official and poet (d.1338)
• Niklot I,German nobleman and knight (d.1323)
• Rhys ap Maredudd,Welsh nobleman (d. 1292)
• Robert II,French nobleman and knight (d. 1302)
• Sancho of Aragon,Spanish archbishop (d.1275)
• Theodoric of Freiberg,German physicist (d.1311)
• Záviš of Falkenstein,Bohemian nobleman (d.1290)

Deaths

• February 2–Eric XI(Eriksson), king ofSweden(b.1216)
• February 6–Geoffrey VI,French nobleman and knight
• February 8
  • Andrew III,French nobleman and knight (b.1200)
  • Fakhr ad-Din,Egyptian ruler and military leader
  • Robert I(the Good), French nobleman (b. 1216)
  • William Longespée(the Younger), English knight
• February 11–Jean de Ronay,French Grand Master
• March 29–Ludolph of Ratzeburg,German bishop
• April 6
  • Guillaume de Sonnac,French Grand Master
  • Hugh XI of Lusignan,French nobleman (b.1221)
• May 2–Al-Muazzam Turanshah,Ayyubid ruler ofEgypt
• May 21–Humbert V,French nobleman and knight (b.1198)
• May 26–Peter I(Mauclerc), French nobleman (b.1187)
• May 27–Raniero Capocci,Italian priest and cardinal
• June 7–Vitslav I,Danish nobleman and knight (b.1180)
• June 18–Theresa of Portugal,queen ofLeón(b.1176)
• August 10–Eric IV(Ploughpenny), king ofDenmark
• October 4–Herman VI,German nobleman and knight
• October 12–Richard Wendene,English bishop (b.1219)
• December 13–Frederick II,Holy Roman Emperor (b.1194)
• Alice of Schaerbeek,FlemishCistercianlay sister (b.1220)
• Gilbertus Anglicus,English physician and writer (b. 1180)
• Julian of Speyer,GermanFranciscancomposer and poet
• Leonardo of Pisa,Italian mathematician and writer (b.1170)
• Romée de Villeneuve,French nobleman andseneschal
• Shihab al-Din Muhammad al-Nasawi,Persian biographer
• Walter of Serviliano,ItalianBenedictinehermit andabbot
• Yang Miaozhen,Chinese female military leader (b.1193)