1257 - Definition and Overview

Events

• La Sorbonne, the famous university in Paris, is founded
• Eutin in Schleswig-Holstein is given its city rights
• Henry III of England orders the production of a coinage of pure gold
• location of city Cracow

Births

• Sancho IV king of Castile and León

Deaths

• Pho Khun Si Indrathit first king of Sukhothai
• Mico ruler of Bulgaria

Monarchs/Presidents

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