1272
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1272 (MCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1272nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 272nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 13th century, and the 3rd year of the 1270s decade. As of the start of 1272, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1240s 1250s 1260s – 1270s – 1280s 1290s 1300s |
| Years: | 1269 1270 1271 – 1272 – 1273 1274 1275 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1272 MCCLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2025 |
| Armenian calendar | 721 ԹՎ ՉԻԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6022 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1193–1194 |
| Bengali calendar | 679 |
| Berber calendar | 2222 |
| English Regnal year | 56 Hen. 3 – 1 Edw. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1816 |
| Burmese calendar | 634 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6780–6781 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 3968 or 3908 — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3969 or 3909 |
| Coptic calendar | 988–989 |
| Discordian calendar | 2438 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1264–1265 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5032–5033 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1328–1329 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1193–1194 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4372–4373 |
| Holocene calendar | 11272 |
| Igbo calendar | 272–273 |
| Iranian calendar | 650–651 |
| Islamic calendar | 670–671 |
| Japanese calendar | Bun'ei 9 (文永９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1182–1183 |
| Julian calendar | 1272 MCCLXXII |
| Korean calendar | 3605 |
| Minguo calendar | 640 before ROC 民前640年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −196 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1814–1815 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 1398 or 1017 or 245 — to — 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 1399 or 1018 or 246 |
Events
change- Mamluk sultan Baibars of Egypt invades the weakening kingdom of Makuria to the south.
- Charles I of Anjou, King of Naples, occupies Durres in Albania and establishes an Albanian kingdom.
- Count Floris V of Holland makes an unsuccessful attack on Frisia in an attempt to recover the body of his father, Count William II.
- King Edward I of England departs for England from the failed Ninth Crusade and becomes King when his father, King Henry III, dies.
- November 21 – Edward becomes King of England.
- King Alphonso III of Portugal eliminates the last Moorish community in Portugal at Faro.
- The city of Strasbourg becomes an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire.
- The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers receives the right to regulate the leather trade in London, England.
- In astronomy, the recording of the Alfonsine tables is completed.
- The first recorded reference of cricket dates back to 1272.
Births
change- Bernardo Tolomei (died 1348)
- King Frederick III of Sicily (died 1337)
- Otto I of Hesse (approximate date; died 1328)
Deaths
change- March 17 – Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (born 1220)
- March 18 – John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel (born 1246)
- April 2 – Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1209)
- April 27 – Saint Zita
- August 6 – King Stephen V of Hungary
- November 16 – King Henry III of England (born 1207)
- December 13 – Bertold von Regensburg, German preacher
- William of Saint-Amour, French scholastic philosopher (born 1200)