What is 1272?
{{Year nav|1272}} {{Year in various calendars|1272}} {{Year article header|1272}} == Events == * [[Mamluk]] sultan [[Baibars]] of [[Egypt]] invades the weakening kingdom of [[Makuria]] to the south. * [[Charles I of Anjou]], King of [[Naples]], occupies [[Durres]] 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 of Holland|Count William II]]. * King [[Edward I of England]] departs for [[England]] from the failed [[Ninth Crusade]] and becomes King when his father, King [[Henry III of England|Henry III]], dies. * [[November 21]] – [[Edward I of England|Edward]] becomes [[King of England]]. * King [[Alphonso III of Portugal]] eliminates the last [[Moors|Moorish]] community in [[Portugal]] at [[Faro, Portugal|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 of [[cricket]] dates back to 1272. == Births == * [[Bernardo Tolomei]] (died [[1348]]) * King [[Frederick III of Sicily]] (died [[1337]]) * [[Otto I of Hesse]] (approximate date; died [[1328]]) == Deaths == * [[March 17]] – [[Emperor Go-Saga]] of Japan (born [[1220]]) * [[March 18]] – [[John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel]] (born [[1246]]) * [[April 2]] – [[Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall]], Holy Roman Emperor (born [[1209]]) * [[April 27]] – Saint [[Zita]] * [[August 6]] – King [[Stephen V of Hungary]] * [[November 16]] – King [[Henry III of England]] (born [[1207]]) * [[December 13]] – [[Bertold von Regensburg]], German preacher * [[William of Saint-Amour]], French scholastic philosopher (born [[1200]]) * [[Category:1272]]