1254

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1254 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1254
MCCLIV
Ab urbe condita2007
Armenian calendar703
ԹՎ ՉԳ
Assyrian calendar6004
Balinese saka calendar1175–1176
Bengali calendar661
Berber calendar2204
English Regnal year38 Hen. 3 – 39 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar1798
Burmese calendar616
Byzantine calendar6762–6763
Chinese calendar癸丑年 (Water Ox)
3951 or 3744
    — to —
甲寅年 (Wood Tiger)
3952 or 3745
Coptic calendar970–971
Discordian calendar2420
Ethiopian calendar1246–1247
Hebrew calendar5014–5015
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1310–1311
 - Shaka Samvat1175–1176
 - Kali Yuga4354–4355
Holocene calendar11254
Igbo calendar254–255
Iranian calendar632–633
Islamic calendar651–652
Japanese calendarKenchō 6
(建長6年)
Javanese calendar1163–1164
Julian calendar1254
MCCLIV
Korean calendar3587
Minguo calendar658 before ROC
民前658年
Nanakshahi calendar−214
Thai solar calendar1796–1797
Tibetan calendar阴水牛年
(female Water-Ox)
1380 or 999 or 227
    — to —
阳木虎年
(male Wood-Tiger)
1381 or 1000 or 228
Theodore II (Laskaris) (r. 1254–1258)

Year 1254 (MCCLIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events[edit]

By place[edit]

Byzantine Empire[edit]

  • Battle of Adrianople: Byzantine forces under Emperor Theodore II (Laskaris) defeat the invading Bulgarians near Adrianople. The young and inexperienced Tsar Michael II Asen (also mentioned Michael I Asen) is caught by surprise and the Bulgarians suffer heavy losses. Michael is wounded during his hasty retreat through the forest.[1]

Europe[edit]

England[edit]

Levant[edit]

Asia[edit]

By topic[edit]

Cities and Towns[edit]

Commerce[edit]

  • The Rhenish League, a confederation of trading cities, is established in the Rhineland, Western Germany. The league (or Städtebund) comprises 59 cities.

Literature[edit]

Markets[edit]

  • As part of an offensive against usury in north-western Europe, Innocent IV relieves the city of Beauvais from its obligations to its creditors.[7]

Religion[edit]

Births[edit]

Deaths[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eggenberger, David (1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 BC to the Present, p. 5. Courier Corporation. ISBN 978-0-486-24913-1.
  2. ^ Hywel Williams (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History, p. 142. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  3. ^ Prestwich, Michael (1997). Edward I, pp. 11–14. The English Monarchs Series. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-07209-9.
  4. ^ Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre, p. 235. ISBN 978-0-241-29877-0.
  5. ^ Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre, p. 248. ISBN 978-0-24129877-0.
  6. ^ Vis, G. N. M. (1994). Oud en Arm: Hervormde bejaardenzorg in Alkmaar, 1744-1994. Hilversum: Verloren. p. 16. ISBN 90-6550-502-4.
  7. ^ Munro, John H. (2003). "The Medieval Origins of the Financial Revolution". The International History Review. 15 (3): 506–562.
  8. ^ "Conrad IV | king of Germany". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved February 14, 2020.