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Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Decades: 1200s 1210s 1220s 1230s 1240s - 1250s - 1260s 1270s 1280s 1290s 1300s

Years: 1253 1254 1255 1256 1257 - 1258 - 1259 1260 1261 1262 1263

Events

February 10 - Mongols overrun Baghdad, burning it to the ground and killing 10,000 citizens
Llywelyn the Last declares himself Prince of Wales. He is the final ruler of an independent Wales, before its conquest by the English.
John IV Lascaris succeeds his father Theodore II Lascaris as emperor of Nicaea[?]. Due to his young age, he is appointed as regent Michael VIII Palaeologus.

Births

Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire

Deaths

Theodore II Lascaris, emperor of Nicaea[?]

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