1257
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1220s 1230s 1240s – 1250s – 1260s 1270s 1280s |
| Years: | 1254 1255 1256 – 1257 – 1258 1259 1260 |
| 1257 by topic | |
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| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
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| 1257 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1257 MCCLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2010 |
| Armenian calendar | 706 ԹՎ ՉԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6007 |
| Bengali calendar | 664 |
| Berber calendar | 2207 |
| English Regnal year | 41 Hen. 3 – 42 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1801 |
| Burmese calendar | 619 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6765–6766 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3953 or 3893 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3954 or 3894 |
| Coptic calendar | 973–974 |
| Discordian calendar | 2423 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1249–1250 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5017–5018 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1313–1314 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1179–1180 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4358–4359 |
| Holocene calendar | 11257 |
| Igbo calendar | 257–258 |
| Iranian calendar | 635–636 |
| Islamic calendar | 654–655 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōgen 2 / Shōka 1 (正嘉元年) |
| Julian calendar | 1257 MCCLVII |
| Korean calendar | 3590 |
| Minguo calendar | 655 before ROC 民前655年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1799–1800 |
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Year 1257 (MCCLVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- Robert de Sorbon founds the Collège de Sorbonne at Paris, giving a formal college (and still-common name) to the already existing University of Paris in France.
- Matthew Paris, English historian, personally interviews King Henry III of England for an entire week while compiling his major work of English history, Chronica Majora.
- King Henry III of England orders the production of a twenty pence English coin of pure gold, the first high-denomination coin minted in England and the first to use gold. Unfortunately for King Henry, the bullion value of the coins is about 20% higher than the nominal face value, leading to poor circulation as coins are melted down by individuals for their gold content.
- The second Genoese War breaks out between Genoa and Venice in Outremer, known as the War of Saint Sabas.
- The city of Kraków is rebuilt by Boleslaus V of Poland after being nearly destroyed in the Tatar invasions in 1241 and is granted Magdeburg rights on June 5.
- The Japanese Kōgen era ends, and the Shōka era begins.
- The Mongols take Dai Viet (northern Vietnam).
- Lambsar Castle in Persia is destroyed by the Mongols.
- Founding of Aberdeen Grammar School in Scotland.
- Eruption of the Samalas Volcano on Lombok Island, Indonesia.[1]
Births
- October 14 – King Przemysł II of Poland (d. 1296)
- Beatrice of Burgundy (d. 1310)
Deaths
- June 4 – Duke Przemysł I of Greater Poland
- August 15 – Saint Hyacinth
- December 24 – John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)
References
- ↑ "Mystery 13th Century eruption traced to Lombok, Indonesia". Jonathan Amos, Science correspondent, BBC News (BBC). 30 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.