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1272
After the death of Henry III. Edward I becomes King of England , who is currently on a crusade .
1272 in other calendars
Armenian calendar	720/721 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar	1264/65
Buddhist calendar	1815/16 (southern Buddhism); 1814/15 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	66th (67th) cycle Year of the water monkey壬申 ( at the beginning of the year metal sheep 辛未)
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam)	634/635 (turn of the year April)
Iranian calendar	650/651
Islamic calendar	670/671 (turn of the year 28/29 July)
Jewish calendar	5032/33 (August 26-27)
Coptic calendar	988/989
Malayalam calendar	447/448
Seleucid era	Babylon: 1582/83 (turn of the year April) Syria: 1583/84 (turn of the year October)
Spanish era	1310
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	1328/29 (turn of the year April)

Events

Politics and world events

Holy Roman Empire

• April 2 : Richard of Cornwall , King of the Plantagenet family since 1257 , dies. Opposite King Alfonso of Castile then demands papal approbation, which Gregory X refuses. This clears the way for a new election and the end of the interregnum in the empire . By the end of the year, however, the electors cannot agree on a suitable candidate.

• Ulrich von Liechtenstein is appointed by Ottokar II. Přemysl as regional judge in Styria .

Hungary

• The Hungarian Crown Prince Ladislaus is on a trip to Dalmatia from the Slavonian Ban Joachim gutkeled kidnapped in the castle of Kapronca held. Stephan V wants to free his 10-year-old son with an army, but the thirty-three year old king dies on August 6th . After his release, Ladislaus was crowned by the Archbishop of Esztergom at the instigation of his mother Elisabeth of Cumania before September 3rd .

England

Edward I.

• November 16 : After the death of Henry III. becomes Edward I , called Longshanks , King of England . However, he is currently on a crusade . He then ended preparations for an attack on Jerusalem , made peace with Baibars I , Sultan of the Mamluks , and set off for home. The news of the birth of his daughter Joan also contributed to this decision.

First documentary mentions

• First documentary mention of the place Heltersberg
• First documentary mention of Berken , Gais , Obergurig and Teufen

science and technology

• Spring: Thomas von Aquin leaves the chair at the Sorbonne in Paris and goes to Naples , where he will teach from the winter semester.
• Autumn: The Dominican Dietrich von Freiberg begins his advanced training course in theology in Paris.

• The Franciscan Roger Bacon publishes the Compendium studii philosophiae . In this work, which we only have in its first part, he criticizes the mendicant orders (for their failure as educators).
• Alfonso X of Castile founds the Universitas Studiorum Murciana .

Culture and society

Bad Säckingen wooden bridge

• The Bad Säckingen wooden bridge over the Rhine is first mentioned in the Colmar annals .
• The oldest known old Yiddish verse to date can be found in a manuscript by the Worms Mahzôr from 1272.

religion

Coat of arms of Gregory X.

• March 13 : Archdeacon Teobaldo Visconti, who was on a crusade in the Holy Land when he was elected Pope in 1271 with the English prince-throne Edward , returns to Rome . Since he was never ordained a priest, will take place on March 19 the priesthood , then it is on March 27 under the name of Gregory X enthroned.
• March 31 : Pope Gregory X. convenes the 2nd Council of Lyon to organize another crusade , but this does not meet until 1274 .
• Pentecost : At the General Chapter of the Dominicans in Florence it is decided to establish general studies in Barcelona and Bologna . Ulrich von Strasbourg becomes Provincial of the German Teutonia Order of the Dominicans.

Disasters

• Major fire in Stavanger

Born

Date of birth saved

• January 1 : William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby , Anglo-Norman nobleman († 1325 )
• May 10 : Bernardo Tolomei , Italian monk, philosopher and lawyer, saint of the Catholic Church, founder of the Olivetan community († 1348 )

Exact date of birth unknown

• Spring: Johanna von England , English noblewoman († 1307 )

• Berthold VII. , Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen († 1340 )
• Gilles Li Muisis , French monk, chronicler and poet († 1352 )
• Solamisch , Sultan of the Mamluks in Egypt († 1291 )

Born around 1272

• Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick , English magnate († 1315 )

Died

First half of the year

• January 5th : John de Gray , English nobleman and rebel
• January 18 : Heinrich von Leiningen , Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, Bishop of Würzburg and Bishop of Speyer

Detail from Enzio's tombstone in Bologna

• March 14th : Enzio , King of Sardinia (* around 1220 )
• March 17th : Go-Saga , Emperor of Japan (* 1220 )
• before April: Roger Bertram , English nobleman and rebel (* 1224 )

• April 2 : Richard of Cornwall , Earl of Cornwall, Count of Poitou and King of the Holy Roman Empire (* 1209 )
• April 27 : Zita , Italian servant and saints of the Catholic Church (* around 1212 / 1218 )

• May 27 : Erich I , Duke of Schleswig (* around 1242 )

• June 6th : Ratibor , Duke of Pomeranian (* 1212 )
• June 10 : Berchtold von Falkenstein , abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Gallen
• around June 11 : James Audley , English magnate and justiciar of Ireland (* around 1220 )

Second half of the year

The funeral crown of Stephen V.

• August 6 : Stephen V , King of Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia and Rama (* 1239 )
• August 11th : Gerhard von der Mark , Bishop of Münster (* 1220 )
• August 29 : Henry de Percy , English nobleman (* around 1235 )

• September 13th : William of Saint-Amour , Canon at the Sorbonne
• September 22nd : Dietrich II of Meißen , Bishop of Naumburg (* around 1190 )
• October 27 : Hugo IV , Duke of Burgundy and titular king of the Kingdom of Thessalonica (* 1212 )

• November 14th : Heinrich I von Montfort , Bishop of Chur
• November 14th : Widukind von Wittgenstein , abbot of the Grafschaft monastery
• 15 / 19 November : David of Augsburg , mystical writers and teachers of the Franciscan Order in Germany (* around 1200 )
• November 16 : Heinrich III. , King of England, Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Poitou and Duke of Guyenne (* 1207 )
• December 14 : Berthold von Regensburg , German Franciscan and preacher (* around 1210 )

Exact date of death unknown

• Gottfried V. , Count of Ziegenhain
• Yaroslav III Yaroslavich , Grand Duke of Tver and Vladimir (* 1230 )
• Matthias , Sire von Trie, Mouchy-le-Châtel and Plessis-Billebaut, Count von Dammartin (* before 1209)
• al-Qurtubī , Islamic scholar from Andalusia (* 1214 )

Died around 1272

• 1270 /1272: . John II , Count of Soissons, Lord of Amboise and Count of Chartres

Web links

Commons : 1272  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Meister Eckhart and his time: Friedrich Raumer - Gerhard von Abbeville , Wilhelm von Saint-Amour