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Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century
Decades: 1220s 1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s - 1270s - 1280s 1290s 1300s 1310s 1320s
Years: 1270 1271 1272 1273 1274 - 1275 - 1276 1277 1278 1279 1280
Events
- Eleanor de Montfort is captured by pirates in the employ of Edward I of England to prevent her marriage to Llywelyn the Last, prince of Wales
- Edward I of England also passes a statute that forces all Jews over the age of 7 to wear the yellow badge and makes usury illegal
- Jean de Meun writes the second portion of the Roman de la Rose
- The Elder Edda is written down by the scribe Saemund
- John XI Bekkos succeeds Joseph I Galesiotes as Patriarch of Constantinople
- Jacopo Contarini succeeds Lorenzo Tiepolo as Doge of Venice
- Magnus I succeeds Valdemar on the throne of Sweden
- Robert Burnell is elected Bishop of Bath and Wells
- Godfred Magnuson briefly rules the Isle of Man before Scotland regains control of the island
- Bergedorf is chartered as a city
Births
- Giovanni Andrea, Italian cleric and professor
- Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor
- John II, Duke of Brabant
- Mondino de Liuzzi, professor of medicine and anatomy
- Hojo Morotoki, regent of the Kamakura Shogunate
Deaths
- Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford
- Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford
