Year 1252 (
MCCLII) was a
leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* April 6 – Saint Peter of Verona is assassinated by Carino of Balsamo.heretic
Heresy is any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, in particular the accepted beliefs of a church or religious organization. The term is usually used in reference to violations of important religi ...
s in the Medieval Inquisition. Torture quickly gains widespread usage across Catholic Europe.
* June 1 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León.
* July – The settlement of Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
in Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
is founded, by Birger Jarl.
* December 25 – Christopher I of Denmark
Christopher I ( da, Christoffer I) (1219 – 29 May 1259) was King of Denmark between 1252 and 1259. He was the son of Valdemar II of Denmark by his second wife, Berengaria of Portugal. He succeeded his brothers Eric IV Plovpenning and Abel of D ...
is crowned King of Denmark, in the Lund Cathedral.
* The Polish land of Lebus is incorporated into the German state of Brandenburg, marking the start of Brandenburg's expansion into previously Polish areas ( Neumark).
* The Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
n city of Klaipėda (''Memel'') is founded by the Teutonic Knights.
* The town and monastery of Orval Abbey in Belgium burn to the ground; rebuilding takes 100 years.
* Thomas Aquinas travels to the University of Paris, to begin his studies there for a master's degree.
* In astronomy, work begins on the recording of the Alfonsine tables.
Asia
* The classic Japanese text ''Jikkunsho'' is completed.
* The Chinese era ''Chunyou'' ends.
* The Mongols take the westernmost province of the Song dynasty empire.
Births
*
March 25
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto.
* 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to vi ...
–
Conradin, Duke of Swabia (d.
1268
Year 1268 ( MCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By topic War and politics
* February 18 – Battle of Rakvere: The Livonian Order is defeated by Dovmont ...
)
*
Safi-ad-din Ardabili, Persian Sufi leader
*
Eleanor de Montfort, Princess of Wales, English-born consort (d.
1282
Year 1282 ( MCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* March – Welsh forces under Prince Dafydd ap Gruffydd, brother of Llywelyn ap G ...
)
Deaths
*
January 1 – Saint
Zdislava Berka, Bohemian lay Dominican benefactress
*
January 23 –
Isabella, Queen of Armenia
*
January
January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is also the first of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the ...
–
Bohemond V, Prince of Antioch
Bohemond V of Antioch (1199 − January 17, 1252)Runciman, ''History of the Crusades, vol. III, p. 278 was ruler of the Principality of Antioch, a Crusader state, from 1233 to his death. He was simultaneously Count of Tripoli.
Life
Bohemond V ...
*
February 3
Events Pre-1600
* 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.
*1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
*1488 – ...
–
Sviatoslav III of Vladimir
Sviatoslav III Vsevolodovich of Vladimir (Russian: Святослав III Всеволодович) (27 March 1196 – 3 February 1252) was the Prince of Novgorod (1200–1205, 1207–1210) and Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal (1246–1248).
Sviat ...
, Prince of Novgorod (b.
1196
Year 1196 ( MCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* December – Emperor Alexios III (Angelos) is threatened by Emperor Henry VI, ...
)
*
April 1 –
Kujō Michiie
Kujō Michiie (九条 道家) (July 28, 1193 — April 1, 1252) was a Sessho and Kampaku, Japanese regent in the 13th century. He was the father of Kujō Yoritsune and grandson of Kujō Kanezane (also known as Fujiwara no Kanezane). He was the fa ...
, Japanese regent
*
April 6 – Saint
Peter of Verona
*
May 3 or
May 4 –
Günther von Wüllersleben, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
*
May 30
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...
– King
Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon
*
June 6
Events Pre-1600
* 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...
–
Robert Passelewe, Bishop of Chichester
*
June 9 –
Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
*
June 29 –
Abel, King of Denmark (b.
1218
Year 1218 ( MCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Fifth Crusade
* May 24 – A Crusader expeditionary force, (some 30,000 men) under King Joh ...
)
*
August 1 –
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Italian chronicler of the Mongol Empire
*
November 27 –
Blanche of Castile, queen of
Louis VIII of France and regent of France (b.
1188)
* ''date unknown''
**
John of Basingstoke, English scholar and ecclesiastic
**
Henry I, Count of Anhalt
**
Sorghaghtani Beki, Mongolian empress and regent
**
Catherine Sunesdotter, Swedish queen consort
**
Yesü Möngke, Khan of the
Chagatai Khanate
References
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