Rock of Cashel (Carraig Phádraig) in County Tipperary, Ireland
In the year 1270, King Louis IX of France launches the Eighth Crusade, in an attempt to recapture the Crusader States from the Mamluk sultan Baibars (summer), Yekuno Amlak claims the imperial throne and establishes the Solomonic Dynasty in Ethiopia, lasting until 1974 (Aug 10), King Louis IX dies while besieging the city of Tunis (Aug 25), the cathedral on the Rock of Cashel in Ireland is completed, and a census of the Chinese city of Hangzhou establishes it as the most populous city in the world.
1270-xxxx Isabella of Burgundy* Queen of Germany - Burgundy, Kingdom of France (1323/c. 53)
1270-0312 Charles, Count of Valois* son of King Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon - Vincennes, Kingdom of France (1325/55)
1270-0410 Haakon V* (b Hákon Magnússon) King of Norway - Kingdom of Norway (1319/49)
In the year 1271, Kublai Khan renames his empire “Great Yuan”, officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of China (Dec 18), Marco Polo departs from Venice with his father and uncle on his famous journey to Kublai Khan’s China, construction of the Belaya Vezha in Belarus is begun, and the construction of the largest castle in Wales, Caerphilly Castle, is completed.
1271-0927 Wenceslaus II of Bohemia* King of Bohemia/Duke of Cracow /King of Poland - Prague, Bohemia (1305/33)
In the year 1272, Charles I of Anjou occupies Durazzo in Albania, and establishes the Albanian Kingdom (Feb), Edward I becomes King of England on the death of his father Henry III (Nov 16), and King Afonso III of Portugal eliminates the last Moorish community in Portugal at Faro.
1272-1213 Frederick III of Sicily* - Barcelona, Crown of Aragon (1337/64)
In the year 1273, Muhammad II becomes Sultan of the Emirate of Granada (Jan 22), Rudolph I is elected King of Germany - the first of many Habsburgs to hold the throne (Sep 29), ()
1273-0113 Joan I of Navarre* Queen of Navarre/Queen of France by marriage to King Philip IV - Bar-sur-Seine, Kingdom of France (1305/32)
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In the year 1275, Magnus is elected the new king of Sweden (Jul 22), Marco Polo purportedly visits Xanadu, Kublai Khan’s summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Mongol Golden Horde raids Lithuania for the third time.
In the year 1276, Augsburg becomes an Imperial Free City (Mar 9), the foundation stone of the Minoritenkirche in Vienna is laid, and a severe 23-year drought begins to affect the Grand Canyon area, eventually forcing the Anasazi culture to migrate.
1276-0929 Christopher II of Denmark* twice King of Denmark - Denmark-Norway (1332/55)
1276-1019 Prince Hisaaki* 久明親王 the eighth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan- Heian-kyō, Japan (1328/52)
In the year 1277, Charles of Anjou buys the title to the Kingdom of Jerusalem (Mar 17), (), (), Burma’s Pagan Empire begins to disintegrate, after being defeated by Kublai Khan near the Chinese border, and St George’s Cross is first recorded in use, as the national flag of England.
In the year 1278, Charles of Anjou is crowned King of Jerusalem (Jan), Peter III of Aragon takes the Muslim stronghold of Montesa, the Muslims expelled from the realm (Sep 29), the earliest known written copy of the Avesta, a collection of ancient sacred Persian Zoroastrian texts, is produced.
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Updated 15.8.2022
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