1256: Encyclopedia - 1256

1256

For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century.

1256 - Events

1256 - Europe

• April 13 - Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull constituting the Augustinian monastic order.
• The city of Lviv, in present-day Ukraine, is founded by Danylo King of Rus.
• Theodore II Lascaris, Byzantine Emperor (in exile in the Empire of Nicaea), successfully concludes a military campaign started a year earlier to recover Thrace from the Bulgarians.

1256 - Asia

• October - Mongol commander Baiju (operating under Hulagu Khan's command) leads his forces in a victory over Kay Ka'us II of the Sultanate of Rüm, thereby capturing Anatolia.
• December 15 - Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran.
• Hulagu Khan establishes the Ilkhanate dynasty of Persia, which will become one of four main divisions of the Mongol Empire.
• The Japanese [[|Kencho|Kenchō]] era ends, and the Kōgen era begins.

1256 - Births

• January 6 - Gertrude the Great, German mystic
• Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (died 1317)

1256 - Deaths

• January 28 - William II, Count of Holland, King of Germany
• September 1 - Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (born 1218)
• October 14 - Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (born 1239)
• William of Kilkenny, Lord Chancellor of England
• Johannes de Sacrobosco, English scholar

See also

List of state leaders in 1256

Category: 1256

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