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