What is 1257?
{{Year nav|1257}} {{Year in various calendars|1257}} {{Year article header|1257}} == Events == * [[Robert de Sorbon]] founds the ''Collège de Sorbonne'' at [[Paris]], giving a formal college (and still-common name) to the already existing [[University of Paris]] in [[France]]. * [[Matthew Paris]], [[English people|English]] [[English historians in the Middle Ages|historian]], personally interviews King [[Henry III of England]] for a week straight while compiling his major work of English history, ''Chronica Majora''. * King [[Henry III of England]] orders the production of an [[English coin Twenty Pence|twenty pence]] [[British coinage|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 was about 20% higher than the nominal face value, leading to poor circulation as coins were 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]]. * The Japanese [[Kōgen]] era ends, and the [[Shōka]] era begins. * [[Mongols]] take [[Annam]] (northern [[Vietnam]]). * [[Aberdeen Grammar School]] opened. == Births == * [[October 14]] – King [[Przemysł II of Poland]] (d. [[1296]]) * [[Beatrice of Burgundy]] (died [[1310]]) * King [[Sancho IV of Castile]] and León (died [[1295]]) == Deaths == * [[June 4]] – Duke [[Przemysł I of Greater Poland]] * [[August 15]] – [[Saint Hyacinth]] * [[December 24]] – [[John I, Count of Hainaut]] (born [[1218]]) [[Category:1257| ]]