1250 - Definition and Overview

Events

• December 13 - Death of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Louis IX of France is captured by Muslims and has to ransom himself
• Mabinogion appears
• Albertus Magnus isolates the element arsenic
• Vincent of Beauvais writes proto-encyclopedic The Greater Mirror
• City of Stockholm founded
• Alphonso III of Portugal takes Algarve from the moors
• Mamluks take power in Egypt
• Aarau is founded. (approximate date)

Births

• Pietro d'Abano, Italian physician and philosopher. (approximate date)

Deaths

• October 4 - Herman VI, Margrave of Baden
• Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

See also

• List of state leaders in 1250