Years: 1267 1268 1269 - 1270 - 1271 1272 1273

Decades: 1240s 1250s 1260s - 1270s - 1280s 1290s 1300s

Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century 1270 state leaders

Contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Monarchs/Presidents

Events

• The Eighth Crusade is launched against Tunis, and ends when its leader, Louis IX of France, dies.
• The Sambyeolcho Rebellion begins against the Goryeo Dynasty in Korea
• The philosophy of Averroism is banned by the Catholic church for the first time
• Oswiecim (also known as Auschwitz) is organized as a town under German law
• Leo III of Armenia takes the Armenian throne
• Henry III of England effectively relinquishes rule of England to his son, Edward I
• Philip III of France is crowned king of France upon the death of his father, Louis IX
• Henry III of Champagne is made king of Navarre and count of Champagne
• Stephen V of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary

Births

• William Wallace, Scottish patriot
• Immanuel the Roman, Italian-Jewish scholar and poet
• Ramon Muntaner, Catalan soldier and author
• Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk
• Andrea Pisano, Italian sculptor and architect
• Marsilius of Padua, Italian scholar
• Michael of Cesena, Franciscan theologian

Deaths

• July 14 - Boniface of Savoy, nobleman and Archbishop of Canterbury
• August 25 - Louis IX, King of France, saint, and Crusader
• Nahmanides, Jewish rabbi, philosopher, and Kabbalist

Monarchs/Presidents

• Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276)