1272

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Years : 1269 1270 1271 1272 1273 1274 1275
Centuries: 12th century · 13th century · 14th century
Decades: 1240s 1250s 1260s 1270s 1280s 1290s 1300s
Years: 1269 1270 1271 1272 1273 1274 1275

[edit] Events

  • Mamluk sultan Baibars of Egypt invades the weakening kingdom of Makuria to the south.
  • Charles I of Anjou, King of Naples, occupies Durres in Albania and establishes an Albanian kingdom.
  • Count Floris V of Holland makes an unsuccessful attack on Frisia in an attempt to recover the body of his father, Count William II.
  • King Edward I of England departs for England from the failed Ninth Crusade and becomes King when his father, King Henry III, dies.
  • November 21 - Edward becomes King of England.
  • King Alphonso III of Portugal eliminates the last Moorish community in Portugal at Faro.
  • The city of Strasbourg becomes an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers receives the right to regulate the leather trade in London, England.
  • In astronomy, the recording of the Alfonsine tables is completed.
  • The first recorded reference of cricket dates back to 1272.

[edit] Births

  • Bernardo Tolomei (died 1348)
  • King Frederick III of Sicily (died 1337)
  • Otto I of Hesse (approximate date; died 1328)

[edit] Deaths