1275
Lorenzo Tiepolo, Doge of Venice
Lorenzo Tiepolo was doge of the Republic of Venice from 1268 until his death.
Lorenzo Tiepolo, Doge of Venice
The 1270s
Explore 54 historical events from 1270–1279.
1274
In France, the Second Council of Lyon opens; it ratified a decree to regulate the election of the Pope
The Second Council of Lyon was the fourteenth ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, convoked on 31 March 1272 and convened in Lyon, Kingdom of Arles, in 1274. Pope Grego…
In France, the Second Council of Lyon opens; it ratified a decree to regulate the election of the Pope
1274
Edward I of England returns from the Ninth Crusade and is crowned King seventeen days later.
Edward I, also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 ruled Gasc…
Edward I of England returns from the Ninth Crusade and is crowned King seventeen days later.
1274
Coronation of Edward I of England.
Edward I, also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 ruled Gasc…
Coronation of Edward I of England.
1274
Robert the Bruce, Scottish king (died 1329)
Robert I, popularly known as Robert the Bruce, was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. Robert led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against Englan…
Robert the Bruce, Scottish king (died 1329)
1274
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Persian scientist and writer (born 1201)
Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī, also known as Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī or simply as (al-)Tusi, was a Persian polymath, architect, philosopher, physician, scientist, and the…
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Persian scientist and writer (born 1201)
1274
Bonaventure, Italian bishop and saint (born 1221)
Bonaventure was an Italian Catholic Franciscan bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher.
Bonaventure, Italian bishop and saint (born 1221)
1274
Henry I of Navarre, Count of Champagne and Brie and King of Navarre
Henry the Fat was King of Navarre and Count of Champagne and Brie from 1270 until his death.
Henry I of Navarre, Count of Champagne and Brie and King of Navarre
1274
Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator, founded the College of Sorbonne (born 1201)
Robert de Sorbon was a French theologian, the chaplain of Louis IX of France, and founder of the Sorbonne college in Paris.
Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator, founded the College of Sorbonne (born 1201)
1274
Prince Munetaka, Japanese shōgun (born 1242)
Prince Munetaka was the sixth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan who reigned from 1252 to 1266.
Prince Munetaka, Japanese shōgun (born 1242)
1274
Shortly after his return from the Ninth Crusade, Edward I (pictured) was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey,…
Lord Edward's Crusade, sometimes called the Ninth Crusade, was a military expedition to the Holy Land under the command of Edward Longshanks, later king of England, in 1271–1272. I…
Shortly after his return from the Ninth Crusade, Edward I (pictured) was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey,…
1273
Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and saint (died 1352)
Ewostatewos was an Ethiopian religious leader of the Orthodox Tewahedo during the early period of the Solomonic dynasty of Ethiopian Empire. He was a forceful advocate for the obse…
Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and saint (died 1352)
1272
Zita, Italian saint (born 1212)
Zita, also known as Sitha or Citha, is an Italian saint, the patroness saint of maids and domestic servants. She is often appealed to in order to help find lost keys.
Zita, Italian saint (born 1212)
1272
Stephen V of Hungary (born 1239)
Stephen V of Hungary was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1270 and 1272, and Duke of Styria from 1258 to 1260. He was the oldest son of King Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskari…
Stephen V of Hungary (born 1239)
1272
Richard Middleton, English Lord Chancellor
Richard Middleton was an English ecclesiastic and Lord Chancellor of England.
Richard Middleton, English Lord Chancellor
1271
755 years ago
Charles Martel of Anjou (died 1295)
Charles Martel of the Capetian dynasty was the eldest son of king Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary, the daughter of King Stephen V of Hungary.
Charles Martel of Anjou (died 1295)
1271
755 years ago
Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster (born 1220)
Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster, 2nd Lord of Connaught was an Irish peer from the House of Burgh.
Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster (born 1220)
1271
755 years ago
Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (born 1220)
Alphonse was the Count of Poitou from 1225 and Count of Toulouse from 1249. As count of Toulouse, he also governed the Marquisate of Provence.
Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (born 1220)
1271
755 years ago
Election of pope Gregory X following the death of Clement IV three years prior.
The papal election that followed the death of Pope Clement IV lasted from 1 December 1268 to 1 September 1271 and was the longest in the history of the Catholic Church. This was du…
Election of pope Gregory X following the death of Clement IV three years prior.
1271
755 years ago
Joan, Countess of Toulouse (born 1220)
Joan was Countess of Toulouse from 1249 until her death. She was the only child of Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse by his first wife Sancha of Aragon.
Joan, Countess of Toulouse (born 1220)
1271
755 years ago
Yaroslav of Tver, Russian Grand Prince (born 1230)
Yaroslav III Yaroslavich was the first Prince of Tver from 1247, and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1263 until his death in 1271. All the later princes of Tver descended from him.
Yaroslav of Tver, Russian Grand Prince (born 1230)
1270
Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year Zagwe…
Yekuno Amlak ; throne name Tesfa Iyasus was Emperor of Ethiopia, from 1270 to 1285, and the founder of the Solomonic dynasty, which lasted until 1974. He was a ruler from Bete Amha…
Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year Zagwe…
1270
Philip III, although suffering from dysentery, becomes King of France following the death of his father Louis IX,…
Philip III, called the Bold, was King of France from 1270 until his death in 1285. His father, Louis IX, died in Tunis during the Eighth Crusade. Philip, who was accompanying him, …
Philip III, although suffering from dysentery, becomes King of France following the death of his father Louis IX,…
1270
Béla IV of Hungary (born 1206)
Béla IV was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1235 and 1270, and Duke of Styria from 1254 to 1258. As the oldest son of King Andrew II, he was crowned upon the initiative of a gr…
Béla IV of Hungary (born 1206)