What is 1250?
{{Year nav|1250}} {{Year in various calendars|1250}} {{Year article header|1250}} == Events == === Europe === <!-- Non-notable on SIMPLE (at least for now): * [[October 12]] - A big storm moves the end of the [[River Rother (Eastern)|River Rother]] 12 miles (20 km) to the west; a group of strong storms moves other areas near the water as well (''see [[Romney Marsh]]''). --> * [[December 13]] – [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]], dies * King [[Afonso III of Portugal]] captures the [[Algarve]] from the Moors. * [[Valdemar I of Sweden|Valdemar]], becomes King of Sweden. * [[University of Valladolid]] is founded in [[Spain]]. * The [[Rialto Bridge]] in [[Venice, Italy]] is changes from a pontoon bridge to a permanent, raised wooden bridge. * [[Vincent of Beauvais]] completes his encyclopedic work, ''The [[Greater Mirror]]''. * The [[Parlement]] [[law court]]s of ''[[ancien régime]]'' [[France]] are created. * A sickness breaks out in the city [[Naples]] (In what is now Italy), called the [[Naples Plague|Naple's Plague]] === Africa === * [[July 3]] – [[Louis IX of France]] is captured by [[Baibars]]' [[Mamluk]] army at the [[Battle of Fariskur]] while he is in [[Egypt]] at the [[Seventh Crusade]]. * The [[Bahri dynasty]] of Mamluks seize power in [[Egypt]]. * The [[Walayta]] state is founded in present-day [[Ethiopia]] (see [[Rulers of Walayta]]) == Births == * [[Pietro d'Abano]], Italian physician, philosopher and astrologer (died [[1316]]) * [[Guido Cavalcanti]], Italian poet (died [[1300]]) * [[Dmitry of Pereslavl]], Grand-duke of [[Vladimir-Suzdal]] (d. [[1294]]) * [[Pierre Dubois]], French publicist (approximate date; died c. [[1312]]) * [[Moses de Leon]], compiler of the [[Zohar]] (approximate date; died [[1305]]) * [[Giovanni Pisano]], Italian sculptor (approximate date; died [[1314]]) == Deaths == * [[February 2]] – King [[Eric XI of Sweden]] * [[February 8]] – [[Robert I of Artois]], French crusader (killed in battle) (born [[1216]]) * February 8 – [[William II Longespee]], English crusader * [[June 18]