1252 Totally Explained

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Years: 1249 1250 1251 - 1252 - 1253 1254 1255
Decades: 1220s 1230s 1240s - 1250s - 1260s 1270s 1280s
Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Events

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.

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 - 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)

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)Further Information

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