The Counting Game

[Wusti]

1251 BC—September 7, a solar eclipse on this date, according to legend, marked the birth of legendary Heracles (roman Hercules) at Thebes, Greece

[Wusti]

1252

Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull "Ad exstirpanda", which authorises the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. Torture quickly gains widespread usage across Catholic Europe.

1253

Henry III meets with the nobles and church leaders to reaffirm the validity of the Magna Carta in exchange for the right of taxation.

1254

Doge Reniero Zeno sends the Horses of Saint Mark, looted from Constantinople (see 1204), to Venice, where they are installed on the terrace of the façade of St. Mark's Basilica. Having visited St Marks - they are actually magnificent works of art. I'm pretty sure the Byzantines would've been pissed off about that.

[damo666]

1255 - Ching

Explanations invited.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

1256 AD Emperor Theodore II (Laskaris), of the Empire of Nicaea, conducts a military campaign to recover Thrace from the Bulgarians.

1257 AD He succeeds in this campaign but this brings him to a frontal clash with the Despotate of Epirus.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

1258 AD Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, proclaims himself Prince of Wales, first used in an agreement between Llywelyn and his supporters and the Scottish nobility. He becomes the last ruler of an independent Wales, before its conquest by future King Edward I (Longshanks).

[damo666]

1259 - almost 1 o'clock

[Tolstoy]

1260 - The Mamluks are victorious over the Mongols in the Battle of Ain Jalut, the Mongols' first serious defeat.

[Bonatogether]

1261 - Al-Mustansir becomes the first Abbasid ruler of Cairo. His rule becomes the start of the Mamluk Sultanate that lasts until Ottoman conquest

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

1262 AD Castilian-Leonese forces led by Alfonso X (the Wise) conquer Cádiz, the city is under Moorish rule since 711. The Muslims are ousted, and Alfonso repopulates the region. Though a major victory is far from the end purpose. The Reconquista has far to go yet.

1263 King Alfonso X conquers Niebla from the Moors – terminating any Muslim presence in the western region of Spain.

[Deeply_Dippy]

1264

Construction of the Temple of Ramassess II at Abu Simbel is generally considered to have commenced in 1264 BCE, with the build taking approximately 20 years.

[General Li Shiming]

1265 CE-
August 4 - Second Barons' War: The Battle of Evesham is fought in Worcestershire, with the army of Edward defeating the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, resulting in the death of Montfort and many of his allies.

[DarthPorg36]

California Assembly Bill #1266 prohibits schools from excluding students from any activity based on gender or gender identity.

[DarthPorg36]

1267 AD
The "Grand Capital" is constructed in Khanbaliq (present-day Beijing) by Kublai Khan, having moved the capital of the Mongol Empire there three years prior.

Malik ul Salih establishes Samudra Pasai, the first Muslim state in Indonesia.

Spain attempts an invasion of Morocco, but the Marinids successfully defend against the invasion, and drive out Spanish forces.

wikipedia

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

In 1268 AD Baibars takes Antioch massacring its entire populace. Aided by the earthquake later in the year this massacre is the end of the ancient metropolis. It will last for 150 years but it will be diminishing by the year until it will be lost in the ravages of time.

[lunauna]

1269 café Manchester NH

[lunauna]

1270

[lunauna]

1271 was the year china names his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China

[lunauna]

In 1272 Edward I proclaimed King of England after death of his father, Henry III. He would take two years to return to England from the Ninth Crusade

[damo666]

1270

Illuminating

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

1273 Thomas Aquinas writes Summa Theologica, a masterwork of Catholic theology (for which he is considered one of the greatest theologians of the West), leaving it unfinished after having a mystical experience during Mass.