Years: 1254 1255 1256 – 1257 – 1258 1259 1260 Decades: 1220s 1230s 1240s – 1250s – 1260s 1270s 1280s Centuries: 12th century – 13th century – 14th century Events Robert de Sorbon founds the Collège de Sorbonne at Paris, giving a formal college (and still-common name) to the already existing University of Paris in France. Matthew Paris, English historian, personally interviews King Henry III of England for an entire week while compiling his major… (More on 1257)