1257

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, France 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.
• Władysław Opolski founded the Franciscan monastery in city Wodzisław Śląski. Before this date Wodzisław was granted Magdeburg rights (1246-1257).
• 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]
• Epirote–Nicaean conflict.

Births

• October 14 – King Przemysł II of Poland (d. 1296)
• Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (d. 1310)

Deaths

• April 28 – Shajar al-Durr, sovereign sultana of Egypt.
• June 4 – Duke Przemysł I of Greater Poland
• August 15 – Saint Hyacinth
• December 24 – John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)

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