1250
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1220s 1230s 1240s – 1250s – 1260s 1270s 1280s |
| Years: | 1247 1248 1249 – 1250 – 1251 1252 1253 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1250 MCCL |
| Ab urbe condita | 2003 |
| Armenian calendar | 699 ԹՎ ՈՂԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6000 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1171–1172 |
| Bengali calendar | 657 |
| Berber calendar | 2200 |
| English Regnal year | 34 Hen. 3 – 35 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1794 |
| Burmese calendar | 612 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6758–6759 |
| Chinese calendar | 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 3946 or 3886 — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 3947 or 3887 |
| Coptic calendar | 966–967 |
| Discordian calendar | 2416 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1242–1243 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5010–5011 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1306–1307 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1171–1172 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4350–4351 |
| Holocene calendar | 11250 |
| Igbo calendar | 250–251 |
| Iranian calendar | 628–629 |
| Islamic calendar | 647–648 |
| Japanese calendar | Kenchō 2 (建長２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1159–1160 |
| Julian calendar | 1250 MCCL |
| Korean calendar | 3583 |
| Minguo calendar | 662 before ROC 民前662年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −218 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1792–1793 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 1376 or 995 or 223 — to — 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 1377 or 996 or 224 |
1250 (MCCL) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1250th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 250th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 13th century, and the 1st year of the 1250s decade. As of the start of 1250, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
[change | change source]Europe
[change | change source]- December 13 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, dies
- King Afonso III of Portugal captures the Algarve from the Moors.
- Valdemar, becomes King of Sweden.
- University of Valladolid is founded in Spain.
- The Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy is changes from a pontoon bridge to a permanent, raised wooden bridge.
- Vincent of Beauvais completes his encyclopedic work, The Greater Mirror.
- The Parlement law courts of ancien régime France are created.
- A sickness breaks out in the city Naples (In what is now Italy), called the Naple's Plague
Africa
[change | change source]- July 3 – Louis IX of France is captured by Baibars' Mamluk army at the Battle of Fariskur while he is in Egypt at the Seventh Crusade.
- The Bahri dynasty of Mamluks seize power in Egypt.
- The Walayta state is founded in present-day Ethiopia (see Rulers of Walayta)
Births
[change | change source]- Pietro d'Abano, Italian physician, philosopher and astrologer (died 1316)
- Guido Cavalcanti, Italian poet (died 1300)
- Dmitry of Pereslavl, Grand-duke of Vladimir-Suzdal (d. 1294)
- Pierre Dubois, French publicist (approximate date; died c. 1312)
- Moses de Leon, compiler of the Zohar (approximate date; died 1305)
- Giovanni Pisano, Italian sculptor (approximate date; died 1314)
Deaths
[change | change source]- February 2 – King Eric XI of Sweden
- February 8 – Robert I of Artois, French crusader (killed in battle) (born 1216)
- February 8 – William II Longespee, English crusader
- June 18 – Teresa of Portugal
- August 9 – King Eric IV of Denmark (born 1216)
- October 4 – Herman VI, Margrave of Baden
- December 13 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1194)
- Leonardo of Pisa, Italian mathematician
- Matej Ninoslav, Croatian ban
Eras and population estimates
[change | change source]The population of the world in 1250 was around 400 to 416 million people.