* 1263 – King Haakon IV of Norway ( b. 1204 )

1203 – fall 1263 ) was the first known Grand Duke of Lithuania and the only King of Lithuania.

The end of the Viking Age is traditionally marked in England by the failed invasion attempted by the Norwegian king Harald III ( Haraldr Harðráði ), who was defeated by Saxon King Harold Godwinson in 1066 at the Battle of Stamford Bridge ; in Ireland, the capture of Dublin by Strongbow and his Hiberno-Norman forces in 1171 ; and 1263 in Scotland by the defeat of King Hákon Hákonarson at the Battle of Largs by troops loyal to Alexander III.

* Haakon IV, King of Norway ( d. 1263 )

* 1263 – October – King Alexander III of Scotland fights a minor skirmish against King Haakon IV of Norway in the Battle of Largs.

* 1263 – King James I of Aragon conquers Crevillente, Spain from the Moors during the Reconquista.

* 1263 – Nahmanides, chief rabbi of Catalonia, defends the Talmud in an important disputation against Pablo Christiani before King James I of Aragon.

Manfred's own usurpation from Conradin told upon King Louis ' scruples ; this time, he was persuaded to admit the offer, and Charles ratified a treaty with the Pope in July 1263.

* 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.

He led the barons ' rebellion against King Henry III of England during the Second Barons ' War of 1263 – 4, and subsequently became de facto ruler of England.

In 1263 Alfonso X returned Algarve to the King of Portugal.

In 1263, Haakon IV, King of Norway may have used the eastern coast of the island as an anchorage for his fleet, before the inconclusive Battle of Largs.

King Henry made Peter Earl of Richmond and, in 1246, gave him the land between The Strand and the Thames where Peter built the Savoy Palace in 1263.

The Clan Ross by tradition fought at the Battle of Largs in 1263 in support of Alexander III of Scotland against King Haakon IV of Norway.

According to the latter, King Haakon IV of Norway anchored his fleet, including the flagship Kroussden that could carry nearly 300 men, on 5 August 1263 at St Margaret's Hope, where he witnessed an eclipse of the sun prior to sailing south to the Battle of Largs.

Haakon Haakonsson ( c. March / April 1204 – 16 December 1263 ) ( Old Norse: Hákon Hákonarson ; Norwegian: Håkon Håkonsson ), sometimes called Haakon the Old in contrast to his son with the same name, and known in modern regnal lists as Haakon IV, was the King of Norway from 1217 to 1263.

Also, King Håkon IV ( reigned 1217 – 1263 ) came to Toten around the year 1226 to settle local unrest.

Also, King Håkon IV ( reigned 1217 – 1263 ) came to Toten around the year 1226 to settle local unrest.

In 1263 he was most successful with Charles, the Count of Anjou, a brother of the French King Louis IX, who accepted the investiture of the kingdom of Sicily at his hands.

The modern city of Manfredonia was built by King Manfred between 1256 – 1263, some kilometers north of the ruins of the ancient Sipontum.

Magnus the Law-mender ( Old Norse: Magnús lagabœtir, Norwegian: Magnus Lagabøte ) or Magnus Haakonsson ( Old Norse: Magnús Hákonarson ) ( 1 May 1238 – 9 May 1280 ), was the King of Norway from 1263 to 1280.

Following the ill-fated 1263 expedition of Haakon IV of Norway, the Outer Hebrides and the Isle of Man were yielded to the Kingdom of Scotland as a result of the 1266 Treaty of Perth.

In 1263 troops commanded by Haakon Haakonarson repeated the feat but the ensuing Battle of Largs between Scots and Norse forces, which took place on the shores of the Firth of Clyde, was inconclusive as a military contest.

Haakon retreated to Orkney, where he died in December 1263, entertained on his death bed by recitations of the sagas.

After the stalemate of the Battle of Largs, Haakon retreated to Orkney, where he died in December 1263, entertained on his death bed by recitations of the sagas.

* Haakon Haakonsson, king of Norway from 1217 to 1263.

Haakon died in 1263 while on campaign against Scotland, defending his claim to the overlordship of the Hebrides and the Isle of Man.

Having come into conflict with the royal representative in Iceland, Sturla came to Norway in 1263 in an attempt to reconcile with Haakon.

In 1263 the dispute with the Scottish king over the Hebrides induced Haakon to undertake an expedition to the islands.

Having learned in 1262 that Scottish nobles had raided the Hebrides and that Alexander III planned to conquer the islands, Haakon went on an expedition with his formidable leidang fleet of at least 120 ships in 1263, having become accustomed to negotiating backed by an intimidating fleet.

The Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall in Orkney where Haakon IV of Norway | Haakon Haakonarson, the last Norwegian king to rule over the Sudreyjar died in 1263.

After the stalemate of the Battle of Largs, Haakon retreated to Orkney, where he died in December 1263, entertained on his death bed by recitations of the sagas.

Boniface ( b. 1244, Chambéry – mortally wounded on battlefield in 1263 ) was Count of Savoy from 1253 to 1263, succeeding his father Amadeus IV.

Pope Urban IV determined to wrench the Kingdom from him, and in 1263, concluded a secret treaty with Charles of Anjou, giving him the Sicilian throne.

In 1208 he began to build the present Cathedral of Magdeburg, which was only consecrated in 1263, and never entirely finished ; Günther I ( 1277 – 79 ) hardly escaped a serious war with the Margrave Otto IV, who was incensed because his brother Eric of Brandenburg had not been elected archbishop.

In 1263 Pope Urban IV investigated claims of a Eucharistic miracle of a bleeding consecrated host at Bolsena.

Ugolino's Rule, originally based on the Benedictine one, was amended in 1263 by Pope Urban IV to allow for the communal ownership of property, and was adopted by a growing number of monasteries across Europe.

It was the site of the Battle of Largs in 1263, in which parts of a Scottish army attacked a small force of Norwegians attempting to salvage ships from a fleet carrying the armies of King Magnus Olafsson of Mann and the Isles and his liege lord King Haakon IV of Norway, beached during a storm.

King Haakon IV of Norway ( reigned 1217 – 1263 ) confirmed Donald's son Angus Mor ( the Elder ) Mac Donald ( the first Macdonald ) as Lord of Islay, and the two participated jointly in the Battle of Largs ( 1263 ).

* 1263 Battle of Largs, an inconclusive battle fought between Haakon IV of Norway and the Scots

He was in residence in Orvieto, Italy, with Pope Urban IV, who had established a long term residence there, when he died on 19 March 1263.

He was the principal commander under King Alexander III of Scotland at the Battle of Largs, on 2 October 1263, when the Scots defeated the Norwegians under Haakon IV.