1255
| 1255 • King Béla IV of Hungary grants Banská Bystrica the municipal rights of a royal town. |
1298
Age: 43y
| 1298 • Battle of Curzola: the Genoese fleet defeats the Venetians. Marco Polo is one of the prisoners taken, and while in prison in Genoa, he begins dictating his Travels to Rustichello da Pisa. |