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Year 1262 (MCCLXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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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.
  • 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.

    • 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

  • Ladislaus IV of Hungary (d. 1290)
  • Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester (d. 1326)

    • Deaths

  • July 14 – Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, 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)

    • References

    1262 Wikipedia
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