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1262
Events
- King Mindaugas of Lithuania renounces Christianity, returning to his paganism|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.
Births
- July 2 - Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)
- Ladislaus IV of Hungary (d. 1290)
- Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester (d. 1326)
Deaths
- July 15 - Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 1222)
- Aegidius of Assisi, companion of Saint Francis of Assisi
- Shinran|Shinran Shonin, Japanese founder of the Jodo Shinshu branch of Pure Land Buddhism
- Matilda II of Boulogne|Matilda II of Boulogne, Queen of Portugal, spouse of King Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1202)
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