1270s

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century – 13th century – 14th century
Decades:	1240s 1250s 1260s – 1270s – 1280s 1290s 1300s
Years:	1270 1271 1272 1273 1274 1275 1276 1277 1278 1279
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

The 1270s is a decade. It started on 1 January 1270 and ended on 31 December 1279. It is distinct from the decade known as the 128th decade which began on January 1, 1271. and ended on December 31, 1280.

Births

• 1270 – March 12 – Charles of Valois, first Count of Valois (d. 1325)
• 1272 – April – Joan of Acre, daughter of King Edward I of England and his first wife, Eleanor of Castile (d. 1307)
• c. 1272 – William Wallace, Scottish knight (d. 1305)
• 1274 – July 11 – Robert I of Scotland (Robert the Bruce), King of Scotland (d. 1329)
• c. 1275 – John de Menteith, Scottish nobleman (d. c. 1323)

Deaths

• 1270 – August 25 – King Louis IX of France (b. 1214)
• 1272 – November 16 – Henry III of England, King of England (b. 1207)
• 1273 – December 17 – Rumi, Islamic poet (b. 1207)
• 1274 – Saint Bonaventure (b. 1221)
• 1274 – March 7 – Thomas Aquinas, Dominican priest (b. 1225)
• 1276 – June 22 – Pope Innocent V (b. c. 1225)
• c. 1276 – Coppo di Marcovaldo, Florentine painter (b. c. 1225)