1261 - Definition and Overview

Events

• July 25 - Constantinople re-captured by Nicaean forces under the command of Michael VIII Palaeologus, Byzantine Empire re-formed
• August 29 - Urban IV becomes Pope, the last man to do so without being a Cardinal first
• Bela IV of Hungary repels Tatar invasion
• Charles of Anjou given rule of Sicily
• January - Pope bans the movement of Flagellants

Births

• October 9 - King Dinis of Portugal

Deaths

• May 25 - Pope Alexander IV

Monarchs/Presidents

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