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Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century
Decades: 1220s 1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s - 1270s - 1280s 1290s 1300s 1310s 1320s
Years: 1268 1269 1270 1271 1272 - 1273 - 1274 1275 1276 1277 1278
Events
- St. Thomas Aquinas completes his Summa Theologica.
- Rudolph of Hapsburg is elected king of Germany.
- The Latin Empire of Constantinople officially falls with Baldwin II's death.
- The battle of Xiangyang (in which the first combat use of firearms in history occurs) concludes.
- The Sambyeolcho Rebellion ends.
- The order of the Whirling Dervishes is founded by the followers of the late Rumi.
- Henry III of Champagne is crowned king of Navarre.
Births
- Abulfeda, geographer
Deaths
- Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (poet and Sufi mystic) on December 17.
- Baldwin II of Constantinople
- Hojo Masamura
