WHAT HAPPENED IN 13. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the 13. century

Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. (13. April 1204)

Battle of Adrianople between Bulgarians and Crusaders. (14. April 1205)

Temür, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty with the reigning titles Oljeitu and Chengzong. (14. April 1294)

First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar. (27. April 1296)

Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the very first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism. (28. April 1253)

William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. (2. May 1230)

The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae. (4. May 1256)

Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta. (5. May 1215)

Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire. (5. May 1260)

In France, the Second Council of Lyon opens to regulate the election of the Pope. (7. May 1274)

Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. (10. May 1291)

Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England. (14. May 1264)

Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. (15. May 1252)

Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. (16. May 1204)

The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch. (18. May 1268)

The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. (20. May 1217)

King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Study of General Schools of Alcalá. (20. May 1293)

Henry Raspe is elected anti-king of the Kingdom of Germany, in opposition to Conrad IV. (22. May 1246)

Serbian King Stephen Uroš I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty. (22. May 1254)

The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. (24. May 1218)