1258

Events

Births

Deaths

  • February 20Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad
  • August 18Theodore II Lascaris, emperor of Nicea (Byzantine Emperor in exile)
  • Hong Bok-won, Goryeo commander who later served the Mongol Empire
  • Meinhard I of Gorizia-Tyrol (born c. 1200)
  • Abu-l-Hassan ash-Shadhili, Moroccan spiritual leader (born 1175)
  • Clement of Dunblane,13th-century Dominican friar who was the first member of the Dominican Order in Britain to become a bishop

Notes

  1. Emile-Geay, J., Seager, R., Cane, M., Cook, E., Haug, G.H., [The volcanic eruption of 1258 A.D. and the subsequent ENSO event, Geophysical Research Letters, 321, XXXX, doi:10.1029/2006JAXYZW, Mar 2006. (available online, pdf file)
  2. Stothers, R.B. (2000) Climatic and Demographic consequences of the Massive Volcanic Eruption of 1258. Climatic Change, 45, 361-374.
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