1270
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For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century.
| Years: 1267 1268 1269 - 1270 - 1271 1272 1273 | |
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Events
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The cathedral atop the Rock of Cashel in Ireland was completed in 1270.
Europe
- December - Crucial aspects of the philosophy of Averroism (itself based on Aristotle's works) are banned by the Catholic church in a condemnation enacted by papal authority at the University of Paris.
- The Summa Theologica, a work by Thomas Aquinas that is considered within the Roman Catholic Church to be the paramount expression of its theology, is completed (year uncertain).
- Witelo translates Alhazen's 200-year-old treatise on optics, Kitab al-Manazir, from Arabic into Latin, bringing the work to European academic circles for the first time.
- The Sanskrit fables known as the Panchatantra, dating from as early as 200 BCE, are translated into Latin from a Hebrew version by John of Capua.
- Construction of the Old New Synagogue in Prague is completed.
- The cathedral on the Rock of Cashel in Ireland is completed.
Asia
- In Korea, the Sambyeolcho Rebellion begins against the Goryeo Dynasty, a puppet government of the Mongol Empire.
- The ancient city of Ashkelon is captured from the crusader states and utterly destroyed by the Mamluk sultan Baibars, who goes so far as to fill in its important harbor, leaving the site desolate and the city never to be rebuilt.
- The city of Tabriz, in present-day Iran, is made capital of the Mongol Ilkhanate empire (approximate date).
- The independent state of Kutch is founded in present-day India.
Africa
The Eighth Crusade
- Before August - King Louis IX of France launches the Eighth Crusade in an attempt to recapture the crusader states from the Mamluk sultan Baibars; the opening engagement is a siege of Tunis.
- August 25 - King Louis IX of France dies while besieging the city of Tunis, possibly due to poor quality drinking water.
- October 30 - The siege of Tunis and the Eighth Crusade end by an agreement between Charles I of Sicily (Louis IX's brother) and the sultan of Tunis.
Other events in Africa
- Yekuno Amlak overthrows the Ethiopian Zagwe dynasty, claims the throne and establishes the Solomonid dynasty (approximate date).
Births
- March 12 - Charles of Valois (d. 1325)
- Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
- Cino da Pistoia, Italian poet
- Jacob ben Asher, Spanish rabbi and important religious author
- Marsilius of Padua, Italian scholar
- Ma Zhiyuan, Chinese poet
- Michael of Cesena, Franciscan theologian
- Nicholas of Lyra, Franciscan theologian and author
- Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk
- Andrea Pisano, Italian sculptor and architect (approximate date)
- Immanuel the Roman, Italian-Jewish scholar and poet (approximate date)
- Ramon Muntaner, Catalan soldier and author (approximate date)
- Johannes de Garlandia, French music theorist (very approximate date)
- Zhu Shijie, famous Chinese mathematician (very approximate date)
Deaths
- July 14 - Boniface of Savoy, nobleman and Archbishop of Canterbury
- August 25 - Louis IX, King of France, saint, and Crusader
- December 4 - Count Theobald V of Champagne, King of Navarre as Theobald II
- King Bela IV of Hungary
- Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk
- David VII Ulu, king of Georgia
- Mansa Wali, bringer of Muslim rule to Mali
- Nahmanides, prominent Jewish rabbi and philosopher (approximate date)af:1270
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