1257

Years: 1254 1255 1256 - 1257 - 1258 1259 1260

Decades: 1220s 1230s 1240s - 1250s - 1260s 1270s 1280s

Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Events

• La Sorbonne, the famous university in Paris, is founded
• Eutin in Schleswig-Holstein is given its city rights
• Henry III of England orders the production of a coinage of pure gold

Births

• Sancho IV king of Castile and León;

Deaths

• Pho Khun Si Indrathit first king of Sukhothai
• Mico ruler of Bulgaria

Monarchs/Presidents

• Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276)