1263

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century – 13th century – 14th century
Decades:	1230s  1240s  1250s  – 1260s –  1270s  1280s  1290s
Years:	1260 1261 1262 – 1263 – 1264 1265 1266

1263 Media

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  King Haakon IV of Norway (left) is succeeded by his son Magnus VI "the Law-mender")

1263 (MCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1263rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 263rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 63rd year of the 13th century, and the 4th year of the 1260s decade. As of the start of 1263, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• October – King Alexander III of Scotland defeats the Viking armada of King Haakon IV of Norway in the Battle of Largs.
• King James I of Aragon conquers Crevillente, Spain from the Moors during the Reconquista.
• Mindaugas, the only Christian king of Lithuania, is assassinated by his cousin Treniota.
• The chieftains of the eastern part of Iceland become the last to pledge fealty to the Norwegian king, bringing a more complete end to the Icelandic Commonwealth and the Icelandic civil war.
• Genoa captures the city of Chania on Crete from the Venetians.
• Hulagu Khan is defeated in an attempted invasion north of the Caucasus.
• Based on Magdeburg Law Żnin (Poland) was given city rights