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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 through 1300 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era. In the history of European culture, this period is considered part of the High Middle Ages, and after its conquests in Asia the Mongol Empire stretched from Eastern Asia to Eastern Europe.

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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 through 1300 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era. In the history of European culture, this period is considered part of the High Middle Ages, and after its conquests in Asia the Mongol Empire stretched from Eastern Asia to Eastern Europe.
Events
 *1271 Edward I of England and Charles of Anjou arrive in Acre, starting the Ninth Crusade against Baibars.
Significant people
- Genghis Khan, founder of Mongol Empire
- Batu Khan, Mongol ruler and the founder of the Golden Horde
- Haakon Haakonsson, king of Norway from 1217 to 1263. After the long civil war Norway would again prosper under his rule and come to dominate Scandinavian politics.
- Kaloyan, Emperor of Bulgaria
- Ivan Asen II, Emperor of Bulgaria
- Edward I of England, English King
- Ottokar II of Bohemia, King of Bohemia
- Baibars, Mameluk sultan of Egypt
- Ibn Taymiyyah, famous Hanbali, Salafi Scholar of Islam
- Dante Alighieri, Italian writer
- William Marshal, knight and statesman.
- Saint Thomas Aquinas, theologian
- Giotto di Bondone, Italian painter
- Cimabue, Florentine painter
- Sundiata Keita semi-historical founder of the Mali Empire
- Alexander of Hales, philosopher and theologian
- Albertus Magnus, German philosopher and theologian
- Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order
- Robert Grosseteste, English statesman, theologian, and scientist
- Roger Bacon, Franciscan, philosopher, and scientist
- Birger jarl, Swedish statesman, earl, and founder of Stockholm
- Bonaventure, Franciscan theologian
- Petrus Peregrinus, scientist
- Louis IX of France, St. Louis, French king and crusader
- Marco Polo, Venetian trader and explorer
- Frederick II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
- Ramon Llull, Majorcan philosopher
- Kublai Khan, Khan ruler, founder of Yuan Dynasty in China
- Alexander Nevsky, Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir
- Saadi Persian poet
- Snorri Sturluson, historian and saga-writer
- William Wallace, Scottish national leader
- Bιla IV of Hungary rebuilder of Hungary after the devastating Mongol invasion
- Lembitu, Estonian ruler
- Queen Tamara, ruler of Georgia
- Lasha Giorgi, King Giorgi IV of Georgia
- Queen Rusudan, Queen Regnant of Georgia
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
Decades and years
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