1273
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| 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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1273 MCCLXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2026 |
| Armenian calendar | 722 ԹՎ ՉԻԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6023 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1194–1195 |
| Bengali calendar | 680 |
| Berber calendar | 2223 |
| English Regnal year | 1 Edw. 1 – 2 Edw. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1817 |
| Burmese calendar | 635 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6781–6782 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3969 or 3909 — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 3970 or 3910 |
| Coptic calendar | 989–990 |
| Discordian calendar | 2439 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1265–1266 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5033–5034 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1329–1330 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1194–1195 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4373–4374 |
| Holocene calendar | 11273 |
| Igbo calendar | 273–274 |
| Iranian calendar | 651–652 |
| Islamic calendar | 671–672 |
| Japanese calendar | Bun'ei 10 (文永１０年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1183–1184 |
| Julian calendar | 1273 MCCLXXIII |
| Korean calendar | 3606 |
| Minguo calendar | 639 before ROC 民前639年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −195 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1815–1816 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 1399 or 1018 or 246 — to — 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 1400 or 1019 or 247 |
1273 (MCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1273rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 273rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 73rd year of the 13th century, and the 4th year of the 1270s decade. As of the start of 1273, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
[change | change source]Europe
[change | change source]- September 29 – Rudolph I of Germany is elected King of Germany over rival candidate King Otakar II of Bohemia, ending the Interregnum; Otakar refuses to acknowledge Rudolph as the new king, leading to the outbreak of war in 1276. Rudolph is the first of many Habsburgs to hold the throne.
- December 6 – Thomas Aquinas quit writing Summa Theologica — a master work of Catholic theology — leaving it unfinished after having a mystical experience during Mass.
- King Otakar II of Bohemia captures Bratislava from Hungary.
The Middle East
[change | change source]- December – Followers of the recently deceased Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi establish the Sufi order of the Whirling Dervishes in the city of Konya (in present-day Turkey).
- The "Holy Redeemer" khachkar, believed to be one of the finest examples of the art form, is carved in Haghpat, Armenia, by Vahram.
- The Constantinople suburb of Beyoğlu (then known as Pera) is given to the Republic of Genoa by the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus in return for Genoa's support of the Empire after the Fourth Crusade and the sacking of Constantinople.
Asia
[change | change source]- January 31 – The six-year long battle of Xiangyang ends as commander of the Song Dynasty's forces surrender to Kublai Khan. The battle is the first in which firearms are used in combat.
- In Korea, the Sambyeolcho Rebellion against the Goryeo Dynasty (a puppet government of the Mongol Empire) ends as rebel forces are defeated by combined Mongol and Goryeo forces.
Births
[change | change source]- July 15 – Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (died 1352)
- November 24 – Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (died 1284)
- Abu al-Fida, Arab historian (died 1331)
- David VIII of Georgia (died 1311)
Deaths
[change | change source]- December 17 – Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian poet and Sufi mystic (born 1207)
- Baldwin II of Constantinople, last Latin Emperor of Constantinople (born 1217)