1274
Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century
Decades: 1220s 1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s - 1270s - 1280s 1290s 1300s 1310s 1320s
Years: 1269 1270 1271 1272 1273 - 1274 - 1275 1276 1277 1278 1279
Events
- May 7 - In France the Second Council of Lyons opens to consider the condition of the Holy Land and to agree to a union with the Byzantine church.
- August 21 - Philip III of France marries Marie de Brabant
- End of the reign of Emperor Kameyama of Japan
- Emperor Go-Uda ascends to the throne of Japan
- At the age of 3, Jeanne of Navarre becomes countess of Champagne and Queen of Navarre upon her father's death.
- Robert Burnell is named Lord Chancellor of England.
- The battle of Hakata Bay is fought.
- The city of Malbork is founded by the Teutonic Knights.
- Edward I of England enforces the decree requiring all English Jews to wear yellow badges.
- Nichiren founder of Nichiren Buddhism enters a voluntary exile on Mount Minobu
- Pope Gregory X prescribes the Conclave for the election of the bishop of Rome
- The diet at Nuremberg orders that all crown estates seized since the death of the emperor Frederick II be restored to Rudolph I of Germany
- William de Beaulieu becomes master of the London Temple of the Templars in England
- Robert de Clifford is created first Baron de Clifford
- In Japan the scattering of an aggressive Mogul-Korean fleet is attributed to the supernatural 神風 (kamikaze) or divine wind in a storm created by Raiden.
- Dante Alighieri, aged nine, falls in love with eight year old Beatrice Portinari
- Walter de Merton becomes Bishop of Rochester, England
Births
- July 11 - Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland
- Adam Murimuth, English ecclesiastic and chronicler
- Saint Louis of Toulouse
- Eric VI of Denmark
Deaths
- Saint Thomas Aquinas, Catholic theologian
- Saint Bonaventure, Franciscan theologian
- Prince Munetaka, 6th Kamakura shogun of Japan
- Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne
- Henry III, count of Champagne and king of Navarre
- Nasreddin Tusi, Turkish astronomer
- Hanno von Sangershausen, Grand Master (Hochmeister) of the Teutonic Order
- Emperor Du of Song China (Song Dynasty (960-1279))
- Anselm of Meissen, Bishop of Warmia
- Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, scientist and writer
Monarchs/Presidents