What is 1274?
{{Year nav|1274}} {{Year in various calendars|1274}} {{Year article header|1274}} == Events == * [[May 7]] – The [[Second Council of Lyons]], held by the leadership of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] convenes to consider the conquest of the [[Holy Land]] via [[Crusade]]s and address the [[East-West Schism]] with the [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Byzantine church]]. The Council eventually approves a [[tithe]] to support efforts to conquer the Holy Land from [[Muslim]]s, and reaches apparent resolution of the schism which ultimately proves unsuccessful. * [[November]] – The diet at [[Nuremberg]] orders that all crown estates seized since the death of [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] be restored to [[Rudolph I of Germany]]; almost all European rulers agree, with the notable exception of King [[Otakar II of Bohemia]], who had benefited greatly by conquering or otherwise coming into possession of many of those lands. * [[Pope Gregory X]] decrees that [[conclave]]s (meetings during which the electors have no contact with the outside) should be used for [[papal election]]s, reforming the electoral process which had taken over three years to elect him. [[Category:1274| ]]