1272 CE
Charles I of Anjou, king of Sicily, occupies the city of Durrës, and establishes the Angevin Kingdom of Albania. A delegation of Albanian nobles and citizens from Durrës make their way to Charles' court. Nubian forces sack the Egyptian Red Sea outpost of Aydhab and raid the southern frontier city of Aswan. In return, Baibars invades the kingdom of Makuria. Charles I orders his officials to take all Genoese prisoner within his territories, except for the Guelphs and to seize their property. The Sicilian fleet occupies Ajaccio on Corsica. Pope Gregory X condemns the aggressive policy of Charles and proposes that the Genoese elect Guelph officials.
In the 1270s, the 13th century.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
- February 21 – Charles signs a treaty and is proclaimed King of Albania. He promises to protect the nobles and to honor the privileges they have from the Byzantine Empire. The treaty declares the union between the Kingdom of Albania (Latin: Regnum Albanie) and the Kingdom of Sicily, under Charles' rule. He appoints Gazo Chinard as his vicar-general, and sends his Sicilian fleet to Achaea, to defend the principality against Byzantine attacks.source
- Reconquista – King Afonso III eliminates the last Moorish community in Portugal at Faro, completing the reconquest of the west of the Iberian Peninsula.source
Conflict & Security
- February – Charles I of Anjou, king of Sicily, occupies the city of Durrës, and establishes the Angevin Kingdom of Albania. A delegation of Albanian nobles and citizens from Durrës make their way to Charles' court.source
- June 16 – The Lord Edward, heir to the English throne, prevents an assassination attempt on himself at Acre. A Syrian Nizari (or Assassin) supposedly sent by Baibars penetrates into the prince's chamber and stabs him with a poisoned dagger. The wound is not fatal, but Edward is seriously ill for some months. Baibars hastens to dissociate himself from the deed by sending his congratulations on the prince's escape.source
- June – Marinid forces land in Spain and ravage the countryside. They kill and capture many and plunder livestock. They also attack the castle of Vejer de la Frontera in Andalusia. On hearing the news, King Alfonso X of Castile ("the Wise") abandons his meeting with Sultan Muhammad I of Granada and orders an all-out war against Granada.source
- August 18 – Nubian forces sack the Egyptian Red Sea outpost of Aydhab and raid the southern frontier city of Aswan. In return, Baibars invades the kingdom of Makuria.source
Exploration & Expansion
- May 22 – King Hugh III of Cyprus ("the Great") signs a peace with Sultan Baibars, Mamluk ruler of Egypt, at Caesarea. The Kingdom of Jerusalem is guaranteed for 10 years the possession of its present lands, which consists mainly of the narrow coastal plain from Acre to Sidon, together with the right to use without hindrance the pilgrim-road to Nazareth. The County of Tripoli is safeguarded by the peace treaty.source
Religion & Belief
- November – Charles I orders his officials to take all Genoese prisoner within his territories, except for the Guelphs and to seize their property. The Sicilian fleet occupies Ajaccio on Corsica. Pope Gregory X condemns the aggressive policy of Charles and proposes that the Genoese elect Guelph officials.source
Science & Discovery
- In astronomy, the recording of the Alfonsine tables is completed.source
Health & Medicine
- August 6 – King Stephen V of Hungary falls ill and is taken to Csepel Island. He dies and is succeeded by his 10-year-old son Ladislaus IV ("the Cuman"), who is being held captive in the fortress of Koprivnica in northern Croatia. His mother, Queen Elizabeth, becomes regent during the minority of her son (until 1277).source
Culture & Society
Births
- January 14 – Hōjō Sadatoki, Japanese regent (died 1311)source
- January 31 – William Ferrers, English nobleman (died 1235)source
- February 12 – Zhao Bing, Chinese emperor (died 1279)source
- April – Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I of England (died 1307)source
- May 10 – Bernardo Tolomei, Italian theologian (died 1348)source
- December 13 – Frederick III, king of Sicily (died 1337)source
- Shiwu ('Stonehouse'), Chinese poet (died 1352)source
- Margaret, Countess of Anjou, French noblewoman (died 1299)source
- Amalric, Lord of Tyre, Outremer nobleman and prince (died 1310)source
- Badr al-Din Solamish, Mamluk ruler of Egypt (died 1291)source
- Isabel Bruce, queen consort of Norway (died 1358)source
- Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, English nobleman (died 1315)source
- Eric Longlegs, Lord of Langeland (Erik Eriksøn), Danish nobleman (died 1310)source
- Fath al-Din ibn Sayyid, Egyptian theologian (died 1334)source
Deaths
- January 6 – Alfonso of Molina, Leonese prince (born 1202)source
- March 14 – Enzo of Sardinia, king of Sardinia (born 1218)source
- March 17 – Go-Saga, emperor of Japan (born 1220)source
- April 2 – Richard of Cornwall, English nobleman and titular king of Germany (born 1209)source
- April 27 – Zita (or Sitha), Italian maid and saint (born 1212)source
- May 15 – Thomas of Cantimpré, Flemish priest (born 1201)source
- May 20 – Guy de Bourgogne, French abbot and cardinalsource
- August 6 – Stephen V, king of Hungary (born 1239)source
- August 20 – Battle of Heiloo: Floris V, count of Holland, makes an unsuccessful attack on Frisia in an attempt to recover the body of his father, William II, who was killed (16 years ago) by the Frisians near Hoogwoud (modern Netherlands).source
- October 10 – Yolande of Brittany, French noblewomansource
- October 27 – Hugh IV of Burgundy, French nobleman (born 1213)source
- November 16 – King Henry III of England dies at the Palace of Westminster after a 56-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Edward I, who slowly returns from the Holy Land via Gascony.source
- November 16 – Henry III, king of England (born 1207)source
- December 18 – Philip Türje, Hungarian archbishop (born 1218)source