Explore 66 historical events from 1250–1259.
Tankei was a Japanese sculptor of the Kei school, which flourished in the Kamakura period. He was the student of and eldest son of the master sculptor Unkei. He was also the teache…
Tankei, Japanese sculptor (born 1173)
Kujō Yoritsune , also known as Fujiwara no Yoritsune , was the fourth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. His father was kanpaku Kujō Michiie and his grandmother was a niece…
Kujō Yoritsune, Japanese shōgun (born 1218)
Augustinians are members of several religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written about 400 A.D. by Augustine of Hippo. There are two distinct types of Augustin…
The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet
William of Kilkenny was a Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Ely.
William of Kilkenny, Lord Chancellor of England
Kujō Yoritsugu , also known as Fujiwara no Yoritsugu , was the fifth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. His father was the 4th Kamakura shōgun, Kujō Yoritsune.
Kujō Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (born 1239)
Ferdinand de la Cerda was the heir apparent to the Crown of Castile as the eldest son of Alfonso X and Violant of Aragon. His nickname, de la Cerda, means "of the bristle" in Spani…
Ferdinand de la Cerda, Spanish noble (died 1275)
Hugh of Lincoln was an English boy whose death in Lincoln was falsely attributed to Jews. He is sometimes known as Little Saint Hugh or Little Sir Hugh to distinguish him from the …
Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (born 1247)
Walter de Gray was an English prelate and statesman who was Archbishop of York from 1215 to 1255 and Lord Chancellor from 1205 to 1214. His uncle was John de Gray, who was a bishop…
Walter de Gray, English prelate and statesman
The Kingdom of Serbia, also known by historical exonym Rascia, was a medieval Serbian kingdom in Southern Europe comprising most of what is today Serbia, Kosovo, and Montenegro, as…
Serbian King Stefan Uroš I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty
Marie of Brabant was Queen of France from 1274 until 1285 as the second wife of King Philip III. Born in Leuven, Brabant, she was a daughter of Henry III, Duke of Brabant, and Adel…
Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (died 1321)
Floris V reigned as Count of Holland and Zeeland from 1256 until 1296. His life was documented in detail in the Rijmkroniek by Melis Stoke, his chronicler. He is credited with a mo…
Floris V, Count of Holland (died 1296)
Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo…
Marco Polo, Italian merchant and explorer (died 1324)
Conrad, a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was the only son of Emperor Frederick II from his second marriage with Queen Isabella II of Jerusalem. He inherited the title of King …
Conrad IV, king of Germany (born 1228)
Nichiren was a Japanese Buddhist monk and philosopher of the Kamakura period. His teachings form the basis of Nichiren Buddhism, a unique branch of Japanese Mahayana Buddhism base…
Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō for the first time and declares it to be the essence
John of Avesnes was the count of Hainaut from 1246 to his death.
Battle of West-Capelle: John I of Avesnes defeats Guy of Dampierre.
Mindaugas was the first known Grand Duke of Lithuania and the only crowned King of Lithuania. Little is known of his origins, early life, or rise to power; he is mentioned in a 121…
Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
Pope Innocent IV, born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 June 1243 to his death in 1254.
Pope Innocent IV canonises Stanislaus of Szczepanów, who was killed by King Bolesław II.
Ivo of Kermartin, TOSF, also known as Yvo, Yves, or Ives, was a parish priest among the poor of Louannec, the only one of his station to be canonized in the Middle Ages. He is the …
Ivo of Kermartin, French priest and saint (died 1303)
Amadeus IV was Count of Savoy from 1233 to 1253.
Amadeus IV, count of Savoy (born 1197)
Theobald I, also called the Troubadour and the Posthumous, was Count of Champagne from birth and King of Navarre from 1234. He initiated the Barons' Crusade, was famous as a trouvè…
Theobald I of Navarre (born 1201)
Chiara Offreduccio, known as Clare of Assisi, is an Italian saint who was one of the first followers of Francis of Assisi.
Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (born 1194)
Dōgen Zenji was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk, writer, poet, philosopher, and founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. He is also known as Dōgen Kigen (道元希玄), Eihei Dōgen (永平道元)…
Dōgen, Japanese monk and philosopher (born 1200)
Wenceslaus I, called One-Eyed, was King of Bohemia from 1230 to 1253.
Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
Robert Grosseteste, also known as Robert Greathead or Robert of Lincoln, was an English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian, scientist and Bishop of Lincoln. He was born …
Robert Grosseteste, English bishop and philosopher (born 1175)