1252
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1220s 1230s 1240s – 1250s – 1260s 1270s 1280s |
| Years: | 1249 1250 1251 – 1252 – 1253 1254 1255 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1252 MCCLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2005 |
| Armenian calendar | 701 ԹՎ ՉԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6002 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1173–1174 |
| Bengali calendar | 659 |
| Berber calendar | 2202 |
| English Regnal year | 36 Hen. 3 – 37 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1796 |
| Burmese calendar | 614 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6760–6761 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 3948 or 3888 — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3949 or 3889 |
| Coptic calendar | 968–969 |
| Discordian calendar | 2418 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1244–1245 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5012–5013 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1308–1309 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1173–1174 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4352–4353 |
| Holocene calendar | 11252 |
| Igbo calendar | 252–253 |
| Iranian calendar | 630–631 |
| Islamic calendar | 649–650 |
| Japanese calendar | Kenchō 4 (建長４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1161–1162 |
| Julian calendar | 1252 MCCLII |
| Korean calendar | 3585 |
| Minguo calendar | 660 before ROC 民前660年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −216 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1794–1795 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 1378 or 997 or 225 — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 1379 or 998 or 226 |
1252 (MCCLII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1252nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 252nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 13th century, and the 3rd year of the 1250s decade. As of the start of 1252, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
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- May 15– Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which allows the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. Torture is soon used widely across Catholic Europe.
- The first European gold coins are minted in the Italian city of Florence, and are known as florins.
- The Polish land of Lebus is made a part of the German state of Brandenburg, beginning Brandenburg's expansion into previously Polish areas (Neumark).
- The Swedish city of Stockholm is founded by Birger Jarl.
- The Lithuanian city of Klaipėda is founded by the Teutonic Knights.
- The town and monastery of Orval in Belgium burns to the ground; rebuilding takes 100 years.
- Thomas Aquinas travels to the University of Paris to begin his studies there for a master's degree.
- In astronomy, work begins on the recording of the Alfonsine tables.