Year by year · 13th century

1260

1260 in world history: 13 events, 5 deaths, 1 state founded and 5 that came to an end. 739 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 13 July · Battle

    Battle of Durbe

    The Battle of Durbe was fought on 13 July 1260 near Durbe in present-day western Latvia, where Samogitian forces routed the combined army of the Livonian Order and the Teutonic Order.

  2. Battle

    Battle of Ain Jalut

    The Battle of Ain Jalut was fought in 1260 in Palestine between the Mamluk Sultanate and a Mongol army of the Ilkhanate.

  3. Battle

    Battle of Montaperti

    The Battle of Montaperti was fought on 4 September 1260 near Siena between the Guelph army of Florence and a Ghibelline force of Siena, Florentine exiles under Farinata degli Uberti and German cavalry sent by King Manfred of Sicily.

  4. Battle

    Battle of Kressenbrunn

    The Battle of Kressenbrunn was fought in July 1260 on the March River east of Vienna, between Ottokar II of Bohemia and Béla IV of Hungary.

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In the profiles

  • Chagatai EmpireAlghu exploits the Mongol civil war to assert real independence
  • IlkhanateThe Mamluks defeat Kitbuqa's Mongol army at Ain Jalut in Galilee
  • Mamluk SultanateQutuz and Baybars defeat the Mongols at Ain Jalut; Baybars then takes the throne
  • Yuan DynastyKublai's claim to be Great Khan sparks civil war with his brother Ariq Böke
  • State of the Teutonic OrderThe Great Prussian Uprising begins, lasting until 1274
  • Kingdom of ImeretiDavid VI Narin withdraws to Kutaisi and founds a western kingdom

Wars and longer events

Died in 1260 5

States founded 1

States that came to an end 5

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