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Year 1263 ( MCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar . Events. By place. Byzantine Empire. Summer – Emperor Michael VIII ( Palaiologos) sends a Byzantine expeditionary force (some 3,500 men) led by his half-brother, Constantine Palaiologos, to the Peloponnese in southern Greece.
The Disputation of Barcelona (July 20–24, 1263) was a formal ordered medieval disputation between representatives of Christianity and Judaism regarding whether Jesus was the Jewish Messiah.
The Battle of Largs (2 October 1263) was a battle between the kingdoms of Norway and Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde near Largs, Scotland. The conflict formed part of the Norwegian expedition against Scotland in 1263, in which Haakon Haakonsson, King of Norway attempted to reassert Norwegian sovereignty over the western seaboard of Scotland. [1]
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1263 - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 1263 was a common year. 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.
1263 – Balliol College, Oxford, England is founded by John I de Balliol. Its first statutes are sealed in 1282 by his widow, Dervorguilla of Galloway. [3] 24 November 1265 – with the death of Magnus Olafsson, the Isle of Man comes under direct Scottish rule. [citation needed]
Oct 2, 2019 · By Neil Ritchie. On 2nd October 1263, the Battle of Largs was fought between a Scottish army commanded by Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland, and a Norse-Hebridean force led by Haakon IV of Norway. It was the only major military engagement of the Scottish-Norwegian War of 1262-1266.
1263. January – Provisions of Westminster re-issued. April – Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, seizes control of southern England after Henry refuses to accept the Provisions of Oxford. 16 July – rebels occupy London.