1254

1254 (MCCLIV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1254th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 254th year of the 2nd millennium, the 54th year of the 13th century, and the 5th year of the 1250s decade. As of the start of 1254, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century – 13th century – 14th century
Decades:	1220s  1230s  1240s  – 1250s –  1260s  1270s  1280s
Years:	1251 1252 1253 – 1254 – 1255 1256 1257

Births

• September 15 – Marco Polo, Italian explorer (d. 1324)

Deaths

• December 7 – Pope Innocent IV

1254 Media

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  Theodore II Laskaris, Emperor of Nicaea, 1254–1258