Editing 1254 (section)

== Births ==
* [[March 27]] &ndash; [[Hkun Law]], Burmese ruler of [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom|Martaban]] (d. [[1311]])
* [[May 4]] &ndash; [[Benvenuta Bojani]], Italian nun and mystic (d. [[1292]])
* [[May 13]] &ndash; [[Marie of Brabant, Queen of France|Marie of Brabant]], queen consort of [[France in the Middle Ages|France]] (d. [[1322]])
* [[June 24]] &ndash; [[Floris V, Count of Holland|Floris V]], count of [[County of Holland|Holland]] and [[County of Zeeland|Zeeland]] (d. [[1296]])
* [[September 15]] &ndash; [[Marco Polo]], Venetian explorer (d. [[1324]])
* 5 November or 6 December &ndash; [[Beatrice of Castile, Marchioness of Montferrat|Beatrice of Castile]], marchioness of [[Montferrat]] (d. [[1286]])
* [[Bengt Birgersson]], Swedish duke and bishop (d. [[1291]])
* [[Bonacossa Borri]] (or Bonaca), Italian noblewoman (d. [[1321]])
* [[Charles II of Naples]] ("the Lame"), son of Charles I of Anjou (d. [[1309]])
* [[Fujiwara no Tamekane]], Japanese official and poet (d. [[1332]])
* [[Gerhard II, Count of Holstein-Plön]] ("the Blind"), German nobleman and knight (d. [[1312]])
* [[Nijō Morotada]], Japanese nobleman and official (d. [[1341]])
* [[Osman I]], founding ruler of the [[Ottoman Empire]] (d. [[1324]])
* [[Ren Renfa]] (or Ziming), Chinese artist and politician (d. [[1327]])
* [[Roger de Mowbray, 1st Baron Mowbray|Roger de Mowbray]], English nobleman and knight (d. [[1297]])
* [[Tetsugyū Enshin]], Japanese monk and scholar (d. [[1326]])  
* [[Zhao Mengfu]], Chinese scholar and calligrapher (d. [[1322]])