1262
Year 1262 (MCCLXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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| Gregorian calendar | 1262 MCCLXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2015 |
| Armenian calendar | 711 ԹՎ ՉԺԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6012 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1183–1184 |
| Bengali calendar | 669 |
| Berber calendar | 2212 |
| English Regnal year | 46 Hen. 3 – 47 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1806 |
| Burmese calendar | 624 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6770–6771 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3958 or 3898 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3959 or 3899 |
| Coptic calendar | 978–979 |
| Discordian calendar | 2428 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1254–1255 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5022–5023 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1318–1319 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1183–1184 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4362–4363 |
| Holocene calendar | 11262 |
| Igbo calendar | 262–263 |
| Iranian calendar | 640–641 |
| Islamic calendar | 660–661 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōchō 2 (弘長２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1171–1173 |
| Julian calendar | 1262 MCCLXII |
| Korean calendar | 3595 |
| Minguo calendar | 650 before ROC 民前650年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −206 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1804–1805 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1388 or 1007 or 235 — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 1389 or 1008 or 236 |
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Events
Asia
- King Mangrai of the Lanna Kingdom (present day Northern Thailand, Shan State and Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture) founds the city of Chiang Rai, as the kingdom's capital.
Europe
- King Mindaugas of Lithuania renounces Christianity, returning to his pagan roots, and reverting to Grand Duke of Lithuania.
- The Icelandic Commonwealth enters into the Old Covenant (Gissurarsáttmáli), establishing a union with Norway, and acknowledges King Haakon IV of Norway as its ruler.
- March 8 – Battle of Hausbergen. Strasbourg becomes an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire.
Arts and culture
- Adam de la Halle writes the first operetta, "Le Jeu de la Feuillee".
Markets
- The Venetian Senate starts consolidating all of the city's outstanding debt into a single fund, later known as the Monte Vecchio. The holders of the newly created prestiti are promised a 5% annual coupon. These claims can be sold, and quickly (before 1320) give rise to the first recorded secondary market for financial assets, in medieval Europe.[1]
Religion
- Richard of Chichester is canonized as a saint; he is best known for authoring the prayer later adapted into the song Day by Day, in the musical Godspell.
Births
- August 5 – Ladislaus IV of Hungary (d. 1290)
- probable – Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (d. 1312)
Deaths
- April 23 – Aegidius of Assisi, companion of Saint Francis of Assisi
- July 14 – Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (b. 1222)
- date unknown – Matilda II, Countess of Nevers, French vassal (b. c. 1235)
References
- Munro, John H. (2003). "The Medieval Origins of the Financial Revolution". The International History Review. 15 (3): 506–562.
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