1262
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1230s 1240s 1250s – 1260s – 1270s 1280s 1290s |
| Years: | 1259 1260 1261 – 1262 – 1263 1264 1265 |
| 1262 by topic | |
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| 1262 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1262 MCCLXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2015 |
| Armenian calendar | 711 ԹՎ ՉԺԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6012 |
| Bengali calendar | 669 |
| Berber calendar | 2212 |
| English Regnal year | 46 Hen. 3 – 47 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1806 |
| Burmese calendar | 624 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6770–6771 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3958 or 3898 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3959 or 3899 |
| Coptic calendar | 978–979 |
| Discordian calendar | 2428 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1254–1255 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5022–5023 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1318–1319 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1184–1185 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4363–4364 |
| Holocene calendar | 11262 |
| Igbo calendar | 262–263 |
| Iranian calendar | 640–641 |
| Islamic calendar | 660–661 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōchō 2 (弘長２年) |
| Julian calendar | 1262 MCCLXII |
| Korean calendar | 3595 |
| Minguo calendar | 650 before ROC 民前650年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1804–1805 |
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Year 1262 (MCCLXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Asia
- King Mangrai of the Lanna Kingdom (present day Northern Thailand, Shan State and Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture) founds the city of Chiang Rai as the kingdom's capital.
Europe
- King Mindaugas of Lithuania renounces Christianity, returning to his pagan roots and reverting to Grand Duke of Lithuania.
- The Icelandic Commonwealth enters into the Old Covenant (Gissurarsáttmáli) establishing a union with Norway and acknowledges King Haakon IV of Norway as its ruler.
- Strasbourg becomes an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire.
By topic
Arts and culture
- Adam de la Halle writes the first operetta, "Le Jeu de la Feuillee".
Markets
- The Venetian Senate starts consolidating all of the city's outstanding debt into a single fund, later known as the Monte Vecchio. The holders of the newly created prestiti are promised a 5% annual coupon. These claims can be sold and quickly (before 1320) give rise to the first recorded secondary market for financial assets in medieval Europe.[1]
Religion
- Richard of Chichester is canonized as a saint; he is best known for authoring the prayer later adapted into the song Day by Day in the musical Godspell.
Births
- July 2 – Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)
- Ladislaus IV of Hungary (d. 1290)
- Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester (d. 1326)
Deaths
- July 15 – Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 1222)
- Aegidius of Assisi, companion of Saint Francis of Assisi
- Shinran Shonin, Japanese founder of the Jodo Shinshu branch of Pure Land Buddhism
- Matilda II of Boulogne, Queen of Portugal, spouse of King Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1202)
References
- ↑ Munro, John H. (2003). "The Medieval Origins of the Financial Revolution". The International History Review 15 (3): 506–562.