1258

Years: 1255 1256 1257 - 1258 - 1259 1260 1261
Decades: 1220s 1230s 1240s - 1250s - 1260s 1270s 1280s
Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century 1258 state leaders

Events

February 10 - Mongols overrun Baghdad, burning it to the ground and killing 800,000 citizens
Llywelyn the Last declares himself Prince of Wales. He is the final ruler of an independent Wales, before its conquest by the English.
John IV Lascaris succeeds his father Theodore II Lascaris as emperor of Nicaea. Due to his young age, he is appointed as regent Michael VIII Palaeologus.

Births

Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire

Deaths

Theodore II Lascaris, emperor of Nicaea

Monarchs/Presidents

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

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