1252
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| Years: 1249 1250 1251 - 1252 - 1253 1254 1255 |
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| Decades: 1220s 1230s 1240s - 1250s - 1260s 1270s 1280s |
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| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century |
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| 1252 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1252 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1252 MCCLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2005 |
| Armenian calendar | 701 ԹՎ ՉԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -592 – -591 |
| Berber calendar | 2202 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1796 |
| Burmese calendar | 614 |
| Chinese calendar | 3888/3948-11-19 (辛亥年十一月十九日) — to —
3889/3949-11-29(壬子年十一月廿九日) |
| Coptic calendar | 968 – 969 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1244 – 1245 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5012 – 5013 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1307 – 1308 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1174 – 1175 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4353 – 4354 |
| Holocene calendar | 11252 |
| Iranian calendar | 630 – 631 |
| Islamic calendar | 649 – 650 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3585 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1795 |
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[edit] Events
[edit] Europe
- May 15 - Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. Torture quickly gains widespread usage across Catholic Europe.
- The first European gold coins are minted in the Italian city of Florence, and are known as florins.
- 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 Swedish city of Stockholm is founded by Birger Jarl.
- The Lithuanian city of Klaipėda (Memel) is founded by the Teutonic Knights.
- The town and monastery of Orval 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 masters degree.
- In astronomy, work begins on the recording of the Alfonsine tables.
[edit] Asia
- The classic Japanese text Jikkunsho is completed.
- The Chinese era Chunyou ends.
- The Mongols take the westernmost province of the Song Dynasty empire.
[edit] Births
- March 25 - Conradin, Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)
- Safi Al-Din, Persian Sufi leader
- Amadeus V of Savoy (d. 1323)
- Eleanor de Montfort, princess of Wales (d. 1282)
[edit] Deaths
- March 6 - Saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235)
- May 30 - King Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon
- June 29 - King Abel of Denmark (b. 1218)
- November 26 - Blanche of Castile, queen of Louis VIII of France and regent of France (b. 1188)
- Queen Isabella of Armenia
- Sorghaghtani Beki, Mongolian empress and regent
- Giovanni da Pian del Carpini, Italian chronicler of the Mongol Empire
- Theobald IV of Champagne (b. 1201)
