1275
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| Years: 1272 1273 1274 - 1275 - 1276 1277 1278 |
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| Decades: 1240s 1250s 1260s - 1270s - 1280s 1290s 1300s |
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| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century |
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| 1275 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1275 MCCLXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2028 |
| Armenian calendar | 724 ԹՎ ՉԻԴ |
| Chinese calendar | 3911/3971-12-3 (甲戌年十二月初三日) — to —
3912/3972-12-13(乙亥年十二月十三日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1267 – 1268 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5035 – 5036 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1330 – 1331 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1197 – 1198 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4376 – 4377 |
| Iranian calendar | 653 – 654 |
| Islamic calendar | 673 – 674 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1935 (皇紀1935年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11275 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1818 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
[edit] Europe
[edit] War and politics
- April 22 - The first of the Statutes of Westminster are passed by the English parliament, establishing a series of laws in its 51 clauses, including equal treatment of rich and poor, free and fair elections, and definition of bailable and non-bailable offenses.
- 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; she is used as a bargaining chip over the coming years in Edward's attempts to subjugate Llywelyn and Wales.
- Scottish forces defeat the Manx of the Isle of Man in a decisive battle, firmly establishing Scottish rule of the island.
- Second mongol Golden Horde raid against Lithuania.
[edit] Culture, religion, and science
- Jean de Meun completes the French allegorical work of fiction, Roman de la Rose, with a second section; the first section was written by Guillaume de Lorris in 1230.
- A purported witch is first burned to death by sentence of a judicial inquisitor in Toulouse, France.
- The verge escapement, a simple type of escapement used in clocks, is invented (exact year unknown).
- Ramon Llull establishes a school in Majorca to teach Arabic to preachers in an attempt to aid proselytizing to Moors. He also discovers diethyl ether.
- The first main survey of the Hundred Rolls, an English census seen as a follow up to the Domesday Book completed in 1086, is finished; it began in 1274.
[edit] Asia
- Invading Mongol forces capture the Chinese city of Suzhou.
- Marco Polo purportedly visits Xanadu, Kublai Khan's summer capital of the Mongol Empire.
- The city of Kunming is made capital of the Yunnan province of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.
- Nestorian monk Rabban Bar Sauma begin his pilgrimage from China towards Jerusalem
- Chinese astronomers observe a total eclipse of the Sun in China on March 4.
[edit] Eras and population estimates
- The era of the tosafot, Medieval commentators on the Talmud, ends (began 1100).
- The population of Bushmen in Basutoland (modern-day Lesotho) is estimated at 125,000.
- The Japanese era Bun'ei ends, and the Kenji era begins.
[edit] Births
- September 27 - John II, Duke of Brabant (died 1312)
- William of Alnwick, Franciscan theologian (approximate date; died 1333)
- Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere (died 1322)
- Walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens (approximate date; died 1311)
- Edward Bruce, Scottish nobleman (approximate date; died 1318)
- Dnyaneshwar, Hindu saint and poet (died 1296)
- Gediminas, Duke of Lithuania (approximate date; died 1341)
- Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (approximate date; died 1313)
- Mondino de Liuzzi, Italian physician and anatomist (died 1326)
- John Menteith, Scottish nobleman (approximate date; died 1323)
- Giovanni Villani, Florentine writer (approximate date; died 1348)
- Giovanni d'Andrea, Italian jurist
[edit] Deaths
- April 13 - Eleanor of England (born 1215)
- September 24 - Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (born 1208)
- Bohemund VI of Antioch (born 1237)
- Ferdinand de la Cerda, Infante of Castile, Crown Prince of Castile
