Odds Posted June 10, 2013 #1251 Share Posted June 10, 2013 1254 is the number of grains of salt in my salt shaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pax Unum Posted June 10, 2013 #1252 Share Posted June 10, 2013 In 1255 the final Cathar stronghold in southern France falls, eliminating their last refuge since the Roman Catholic Church began the Albigensian Crusade to crush the sect in 1209. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odds Posted June 12, 2013 #1253 Share Posted June 12, 2013 1256 - The number of raindrops i will attempt to catch in my mouth. I'm thirsty and the fridge is far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanicneversank Posted June 12, 2013 #1254 Share Posted June 12, 2013 1257. The College de Sorbonne was founded in Paris in 1257 AD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pax Unum Posted June 12, 2013 #1255 Share Posted June 12, 2013 In 1258 the Siege of Baghdad ends with a battle in which Hulagu Khan's Mongol forces overrun Baghdad, then the leading center of Islamic culture and learning and capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. They burn the imperial city to the ground, killing as many as 1,000,000 citizens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanicneversank Posted June 13, 2013 #1256 Share Posted June 13, 2013 1259. King Christopher I of Denmark (b.1219) died in 1259 AD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pax Unum Posted June 13, 2013 #1257 Share Posted June 13, 2013 In 1260 the Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Galilee, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odds Posted June 13, 2013 #1258 Share Posted June 13, 2013 1261 - The number of minutes i have been consistently bored for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pax Unum Posted June 14, 2013 #1259 Share Posted June 14, 2013 In 1262 King Mindaugas of Lithuania renounces Christianity, returning to his pagan roots and reverting to Grand Duke of Lithuania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanicneversank Posted June 15, 2013 #1260 Share Posted June 15, 2013 1263. United #1263 will zoom you from Washington-Dulles International to Los Angeles International in 5 hours and 5 minutes. Bon voyage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pax Unum Posted June 15, 2013 #1261 Share Posted June 15, 2013 In 1264 Kublai Khan defeats his brother and pretender to the title of Khagan, or Khan of Khans, Ariq Boke, who surrenders to Kublai and is summarily imprisoned. He dies a year later under mysterious circumstances, possibly by poisoning, but the cause of death is still uncertain. However, this battle essentially marks the end of a unified Mongol Empire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanicneversank Posted June 16, 2013 #1262 Share Posted June 16, 2013 1265. Dante (of Dante's Inferno fame) was born in 1265 AD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted June 17, 2013 #1263 Share Posted June 17, 2013 1266, In this year I held a big party to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. The party got a bit out of hand, the Police were called and I got an ASBO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pax Unum Posted June 17, 2013 #1264 Share Posted June 17, 2013 In 1267 the leadership of Vienna forces Jews to wear Pileum cornutum,a cone-shaped head dress, in addition to the yellow badges Jews are already forced to wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanicneversank Posted June 20, 2013 #1265 Share Posted June 20, 2013 1268. Pope Clement IV died in November 1268 AD. The election process to find a successor is the longest in Catholic Church history and lasted almost three years until September 1271. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistydawn Posted June 22, 2013 #1266 Share Posted June 22, 2013 On Novemeber 22nd 1267 a very strong earthquake jolted the historical city of Neishabour in Iran and destroyed it. The city was rebuilt in three years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insanity Posted June 26, 2013 #1267 Share Posted June 26, 2013 1269 - Cobalt times Silver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanicneversank Posted June 26, 2013 #1268 Share Posted June 26, 2013 1270. The cathedral on the Rock of Cashel in Ireland was completed in 1270 AD, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted June 26, 2013 #1269 Share Posted June 26, 2013 1271, Madonna was born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insanity Posted June 26, 2013 #1270 Share Posted June 26, 2013 1272 - The first recorded reference is made to the game of cricket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pax Unum Posted June 26, 2013 #1271 Share Posted June 26, 2013 In 1273 King Otakar II of Bohemia captures Bratislava from Hungary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insanity Posted June 26, 2013 #1272 Share Posted June 26, 2013 1274 1274 Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted June 27, 2013 #1273 Share Posted June 27, 2013 1275 is the number the last post should have been... Sorry Misty, your post caused a skew in the space-time continuum. I know the feeling, I have been there. On Novemeber 22nd 1267 a very strong earthquake jolted the historical city of Neishabour in Iran and destroyed it. The city was rebuilt in three years. So to bring us back in line and to please the Number Gods... In 1276 while taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song Dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insanity Posted June 27, 2013 #1274 Share Posted June 27, 2013 1277 - NGC 1277 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Perseus. Located approximately 220 million light years from the Milky Way, it is best known for being the site of an unusually heavy supermassive black hole. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pax Unum Posted June 27, 2013 #1275 Share Posted June 27, 2013 In 1278 at the Battle of Marchfield: Kings Rudolph I of Germany and Ladislaus IV of Hungary defeat King Otakar II of Bohemia in a match of over 80,000 men and the largest battle of knights in the Middle Ages. The battle ends a power struggle between Rudolph and Otakar over the fate of central Europe, and Rudolph's Habsburg family will continue to rule Austria and other captured territories until the end of World War I in 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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