1261
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Hagia Sofia in Constantinople. The city was captured by the Empire of Nicaea on July 25, 1261, thus re-establishing the Byzantine Empire.
Events
- January - Pope bans the movement of Flagellants.
- July 25 - The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, thus re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines also succeed in capturing Thessalonica and the rest of the Latin Empire.
- 15 August - Michael VIII Palaeologus is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.
- August 29 - Urban IV becomes Pope, the last man to do so without being a Cardinal first.
- The population of Greenland accepts the overlordship of the King of Norway.
- The Japanese Bun'o era ends, and the Kocho era begins.
- The Convent of Wurmsbach is established in Switzerland.
- Baibars establishes a puppet Caliphate in Cairo.
- Bela IV of Hungary repels a Tatar invasion.
Births
- February 1 - Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (died 1326)
- October 9 - Denis of Portugal (died 1325)
- Daniel of Moscow, son of Alexander Nevsky
Deaths
- February 28 - Henry III, Duke of Brabant
- May 25 - Pope Alexander IV
- September 18 - Konrad von Hochstaden, Archbishop of Cologne
- Plaisance of Antioch, regent
- Ch'in Chiu-Shao, Chinese mathematician (born 1201)
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