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Year 1263 (MCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Europe

Northern and eastern Europe
  • July – Scottish–Norwegian War: Haakon IV of Norway sets sail to defend the Hebrides against Alexander III of Scotland.
  • October 2 – Battle of Largs: an inconclusive battle in the Scottish–Norwegian War fought in Scotland, between kings Haakon IV of Norway and Alexander III of Scotland.
  • Mindaugas, the only Christian king of Lithuania, is assassinated by his cousin Treniota.
  • The chieftains of the eastern part of Iceland become the last to pledge fealty to the King of Norway, bringing a more complete end to the Icelandic Commonwealth and the Age of the Sturlungs.
  • Hulagu Khan is defeated in an attempted invasion north of the Caucasus.
  • Based on Magdeburg Law, Żnin (Poland) is given city rights.
    • Mediterranean
  • May–July – Battle of Settepozzi: a Venetian fleet defeats a superior Genoese-Byzantine fleet.
  • King James I of Aragon conquers Crevillente, Spain from the Moors during the Reconquista.
  • Alfonso X of Castile conquers Niebla over Ibn Mahfuz, thus terminating any Muslim presence in the western part of the peninsula.
  • Genoa captures the city of Chania on Crete from the Venetians.

    • Arts and culture

  • The Savoy Palace is constructed in London by Peter II, Count of Savoy.

    • Education

  • Balliol College, Oxford is founded by John I de Balliol.

    • Markets

  • Edward, heir to the throne of England, seizes £10,000 which had been deposited to the trust of the Knights Templar in London by foreign merchants and English magnates.
  • The Bonsignori firm gains the full market of the transfer of fiscal revenue from the papal estates to Rome.

    • Religion

  • Nahmanides, chief rabbi of Catalonia, defends the Talmud in an important disputation against Pablo Christiani before King James I of Aragon.
  • The doctrines of theologian Joachim of Fiore are condemned as heresy by the Roman Catholic Church at a synod in Arles.

    • Births

  • January 22 – Ibn Taymiyyah, Syrian philosopher and jurist (d. 1328)
  • Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1312)

    • Deaths

  • March – Manuel I Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond
  • March 19 – Hugh of Saint-Cher, French cardinal
  • November 14 – Alexander Nevsky, Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir
  • December 16 – King Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)
  • December 24 – Hōjō Tokiyori, regent of Japan (b. 1227)
  • date unknown
  • Boniface, Count of Savoy
  • Boroldai, general of the Golden Horde
  • Hamo de Crevequer, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
  • King Mindaugas of Lithuania

    • References

    1263 Wikipedia
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