1250

Europe

 * - King is released by his  captors, after paying a ransom of   and turning over the city of.
 * - A great storm shifts the mouth of the 12 miles (20 km) to the west; a battering series of strong storms significantly alter other coastal geography as well (see ).
 * -, dies, beginning a 23-year-long known as the Great Interregnum.  Frederick II is the last Holy Roman Emperor of the  dynasty; after the interregnum, the empire passes to the s.
 * The dissolves upon the death of its member states' nemesis, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.
 * King captures the  from the Moors, thus completing the expulsion of the Moors from.
 * , first Swedish king of the house, becomes King of Sweden.
 * isolates the element . He also first uses the word  to describe a type of bird (most likely the  of ).
 * The is founded in.
 * The in  is converted from a pontoon bridge to a permanent, raised wooden structure.
 * completes his proto-encyclopedic work, The Greater Mirror.
 * The s of   are established.
 * A plague breaks out in the city (in present-day Italy), called the.
 * draws the first known image of a.

Asia

 * A is called by  in  as part of maneuverings to eventually elect  as  of the  in.

Africa

 * - is captured by '  army at the  while he is in  conducting the ; he later has to ransom himself.
 * The of Mamluks seize power in.
 * The state is founded in present-day  (see )

Births

 * , Italian physician, philosopher and astrologer (died )
 * , Italian poet (died )
 * , Grand-duke of (d. )
 * , French publicist (approximate date; died c. )
 * , compiler of the (approximate date; died )
 * , Italian sculptor (approximate date; died )
 * , Jewish Talmudist (approximate date; died )

Deaths

 * - King
 * -, French crusader (killed in battle) (born )
 * -, English crusader
 * - King (born )
 * - (born )
 * , Italian mathematician
 * , n
 * , Italian mathematician
 * , n

Eras and population estimates
The in 1250 is estimated at between 400 and 416 million individuals.

Being a round number, the year 1250 is used to demarcate the beginning or ending of various eras or epochs. These include:


 * 's acknowledged center of Jewish thought and learning:
 * End of the  era in (from )
 * Beginning of the  era (until )
 * - end of the of

1250 In Popular Culture

 * , a knight of the MediEvil video game, was born in this year, and died in 1286.