Explore 72 historical events from 1270–1279.
Prince Hisaaki , also known as Prince Hisaakira, was the 8th shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.
Prince Hisaaki of Japan (died 1328)
Pope Innocent V, born Pierre de Tarentaise, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21 January to 22 June 1276. A member of the Order of Preachers, he ac…
Innocent V, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1225)
James I the Conqueror was King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and King of Valencia from 1238 to 1276. …
James I of Aragon (born 1208)
Pope Adrian V, born Ottobuono de' Fieschi, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 July 1276 to his death on 18 August 1276. He was an envoy of Po…
Pope Adrian V (born 1220)
Vicedomino de Vicedominis was an Italian cardinal.
Vicedomino de Vicedominis, Italian cardinal (born 1210)
On 11 September 1275, an earthquake struck the south of Great Britain. The epicentre is unknown, although it may have been in the Portsmouth/Chichester area on the south coast of E…
An earthquake occurred in the south of Great Britain, notably causing multiple fatalities as well as destroying St…
Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands. As of 1 January 2026, it had a population of 941,873 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urban area and 2,480,394…
Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.
John II, also called John the Peaceful, was Duke of Brabant, Lothier and Limburg (1294–1312). He was the son of John I of Brabant and Margaret of Flanders.
John II, Duke of Brabant (died 1312)
Lorenzo Tiepolo was doge of the Republic of Venice from 1268 until his death.
Lorenzo Tiepolo, Doge of Venice
Humphrey IV de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, 1st Earl of Essex was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and soldier who served as hereditary Constable of England.
Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1208)
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
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.
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.
Rudolf I of Bavaria, called "the Stammerer", a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1294 until 1317.
Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (died 1319)
Shams al-Dīn al-Dhahabī was a Syrian Sunni Muslim historian, biographer, and hadith scholar. He authored major biographical and historical works including Siyar A'lam al-Nubala, Ta…
Al-Dhahabi, Syrian scholar and historian (died 1348)
Bonaventure was an Italian Catholic Franciscan bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher.
Bonaventure, Italian bishop and saint (born 1221)
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
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)
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)
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)
Prince Munetaka was the sixth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan who reigned from 1252 to 1266.
Prince Munetaka, Japanese shōgun (born 1242)
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,…
Rudolf of Habsburg (1 May 1218 – 15 July 1291) was a German nobleman and the first member of the House of Habsburg to become King of the Romans, reigning from 1273 until his death.…
Rudolf of Habsburg is crowned king of the Romans in Aachen.
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)