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| Years: 1254 1255 1256 - 1257 - 1258 1259 1260 |
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| Decades: 1220s 1230s 1240s - 1250s - 1260s 1270s 1280s |
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| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century |
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| 1257 by topic | |
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| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| 1257 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1257 MCCLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2010 |
| Armenian calendar | 706 ԹՎ ՉԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -587 – -586 |
| Berber calendar | 2207 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1801 |
| Burmese calendar | 619 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6765 – 6766 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年十二月十四日 (3893/3953-12-14) — to —
丁巳年十一月廿四日(3894/3954-11-24) |
| Coptic calendar | 973 – 974 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1249 – 1250 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5017 – 5018 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1312 – 1313 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1179 – 1180 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4358 – 4359 |
| Holocene calendar | 11257 |
| Iranian calendar | 635 – 636 |
| Islamic calendar | 654 – 655 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3590 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1800 |
Events
- Robert de Sorbon founds the Collège de Sorbonne at Paris, giving a formal college (and still-common name) to the already existing University of Paris in France.
- Matthew Paris, English historian, personally interviews King Henry III of England for an entire week while compiling his major work of English history, Chronica Majora.
- King Henry III of England orders the production of a twenty pence English coin of pure gold, the first high-denomination coin minted in England and the first to use gold. Unfortunately for King Henry, the bullion value of the coins is about 20% higher than the nominal face value, leading to poor circulation as coins are melted down by individuals for their gold content.
- The second Genoese War breaks out between Genoa and Venice in Outremer, known as the War of Saint Sabas.
- The city of Kraków is rebuilt by Boleslaus V of Poland after being nearly destroyed in the Tatar invasions in 1241.
- The Japanese Kōgen era ends, and the Shōka era begins.
- The Mongols take Dai Viet (northern Vietnam).
- Aberdeen Grammar School is opened.
Births
- October 14 - King Przemysł II of Poland (d. 1296)
- Beatrice of Burgundy (d. 1310)
- King Sancho IV of Castile and León (d. 1295)
Deaths
- June 4 - Duke Przemysł I of Greater Poland
- August 15 - Saint Hyacinth
- December 24 - John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)
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