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For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century.
| Years: 1268 1269 1270 - 1271 - 1272 1273 1274 | |
| Decades: 1240s 1250s 1260s - 1270s - 1280s 1290s 1300s | |
| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century 1271 state leaders | |
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Events
Europe
- July 2 - Kings Otakar II of Bohemia and Stephen V of Hungary sign the first Peace of Pressburg, settling territorial claims following the failed invasion of Hungary by Otakar II.
- September 1 - Pope Gregory X is elected pope by compromise between French and Italian cardinals, ending a three-year conclave, the longest ever.
- The County of Toulouse is returned to the crown of France.
- Marco Polo departs from Venice with his father and uncle on his famous journey to Kublai Khan's China.
- The construction of Caerphilly Castle, the largest in Wales, is completed.
- Construction of the Belaya Vezha in Belarus is begun.
North Africa and the Middle East
Baibars captured the Krak des Chevaliers in Syria from the Knights Hospitaller in 1271.
- April 8 - Mamluk sultan Baibars continues his territorial expansion, capturing the strategically important castle Krak des Chevaliers from the Knights Hospitaller in present-day Syria.
- Mamluk sultan Baibars conducts an unsuccessful siege of the city of Tripoli, and also fails in an attempted naval invasion of Cyprus.
- Edward I of England and Charles of Anjou arrive in Acre, starting the Ninth Crusade against Baibars; however, they are unable to capture any territory and a peace is quickly negotiated.
Asia
- September 12 - According to the followers of Nichiren Buddhism, the sect's founder, Nichiren, reaches a turning point known as hosshaku kempon as he discards his identity as a mortal priest and begins to reveal himself as a reincarnation of the Buddha.
- December 18 - Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuan2), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China.
- The Nakhi kingdom of the northern Himalayan foothills is annexed by the Mongol Empire's Yuan Dynasty.
Births
- May - Joan of Acre (d. 1307)
- September 8 - Charles Martel d'Anjou, titular king of Hungary (d. 1295)
- September 17 - King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (d. 1305)
- Emperor Bing of Song China, last emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty (d. 1279)
- Elizabeth of Portugal, Queen Consort (d. 1336)
- Ghazan Khan, Mongol emperor of the Ilkhanate
- Joan I of Navarre, Queen Consort of France (approximate year; d. 1305)
- Duke Rudolph II of Austria (d. 1290)
- Thoros III of Armenia, king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (d. 1298)
- Mikhail Yaroslavich, Grand Prince of Vladimir (d. 1318)
Deaths
- January 28 - Isabella of Aragon (b. 1247) Queen Consort of France
- March 13 - Henry of Almain (b. 1235)
- August 21 - Count Alphonse of Toulouse (b. 1220)
- October 27 - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1213)
- Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster (b. c. 1220)
- Richard de Grey
- Hajji Bektash Wali, Turkish mystic (b. c. 1209)af:1271
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