WHAT HAPPENED IN 1261.
Look what happened the 1261.

The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. (25. July 1261)

Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople. (15. August 1261)

Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV as the 182nd pope, the last man to do so without being a cardinal first. (29. August 1261)

John IV Laskaris of the restored Eastern Roman Empire is deposed and blinded by orders of his co-ruler Michael VIII Palaiologos. (25. December 1261)

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