1255

Events

Western Europe

Central and Eastern Europe

Asia

  • Hulagu Khan is dispatched by his brother Möngke Khan to destroy the remaining Muslim states in southwestern Asia.

Births

Deaths

  • May 1Walter de Gray, English prelate and statesman
  • Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (born 1247)
  • Jarler, Archbishop of Sweden
  • Sundiata Keita, semi-historical hero and founder of the Mali Empire. (approximate date; born c. 1190)
  • Batu Khan, Mongol ruler and founder of the Blue Horde.
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