1262

Years: 1259 1260 1261 - 1262 - 1263 1264 1265
Decades: 1230s 1240s 1250s - 1260s - 1270s 1280s 1290s
Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Events

King Mindaugas of Lithuania renounces Christianity, returning to his pagan roots and reverting to Grand Duke of Lithuania.
The Icelandic Commonwealth enters into a treaty establishing a union with Norway and acknowledges Norwegian King Haakon IV as its ruler.
Strasbourg becomes an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire.
King Henry III of England obtains a papal bull releasing him from the Provisions of Oxford, preceding the Second Barons' War, a civil war started in 1263.
King Mengrai of the Lannathai Kingdom (present day Thailand) founds the city of Chiang Rai as the kingdom's first capital.
Adam de la Halle writes the first operetta, "Le Jeu de la Feuillee".
Richard of Chichester is canonized as a saint; he is best known for authoring the prayer later adapted into the song Day by Day in the musical Godspell.