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1272

Years: 1269 1270 1271 - 1272 - 1273 1274 1275

Decades: 1240s 1250s 1260s - 1270s - 1280s 1290s 1300s

Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Events

• August 6 - Stephen V's death makes his son, Ladislaus, King of Hungary.
• November 20 - Following Henry III of England's death on November 16, his son Prince Edward becomes King of England.
• Count Floris V of Holland makes an unsuccessful attack on Frisia in an attempt to recover the body of his father.
• Robert Kilwardby is named Archbishop of Canterbury by Pope Gregory X
• Gouda is granted the rights of a city

Births

• Frederick III of Sicily

Deaths

• Emperor Go-Saga of Japan
• Stephen V of Hungary - August 6
• Henry III of England - November 16
• Richard of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor and younger brother to Henry III

Heads of State

• Aragon - James I, King of Aragon, (reigned from 1213 to 1276)
• England - Henry III, King of England, (reigned from to 1272)