1272

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Years: 1269 1270 1271 – 1272 – 1273 1274 1275
Decades: 1240s 1250s 1260s – 1270s – 1280s 1290s 1300s
Centuries: 12th century – 13th century – 14th century

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Mamluk sultan Baibars of Egypt invades the weakening kingdom of Makuria to the south.
Charles I of Anjou, King of Naples, occupies Durrës 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.
November 21 – Edward I 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 is made to the game of cricket.

1272 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments v • d • e
Art and literature
1272 in poetry v • d • e