- 1273
Events
Europe
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September 29 -Rudolph I of Germany is elected King of Germany over rival candidate KingOtakar II of Bohemia , ending the Interregnum; Otakar refuses to acknowledge Rudolph as the new king, leading to the outbreak of war in1276 . Rudolph is the first of manyHabsburg s to hold the throne.
*December 6 -Thomas Aquinas quits his writing of "Summa Theologica " — a master work of Catholic theology — leaving it unfinished after having a mystical experience during Mass.
* KingOtakar II of Bohemia capturesBratislava fromHungary .The Middle East
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December - Followers of the recently deceasedJalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi establish theSufi order ofthe Whirling Dervishes in the city ofKonya (in present-dayTurkey ).
* The "Holy Redeemer"khachkar , believed to be one of the finest examples of the art form, is carved inHaghpat ,Armenia , byVahram .
* TheConstantinople suburb ofBeyoğlu (then known as Pera) is given to theRepublic of Genoa by the Byzantine EmperorMichael VIII Palaeologus , in return for Genoa's support of the Empire after theFourth Crusade and the sacking of Constantinople.Asia
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January 31 - The 6-year-longbattle of Xiangyang ends as the commander of theSong Dynasty 's forces surrender toKublai Khan . The battle is the first in which firearms are used in combat.
* InKorea , theSambyeolcho Rebellion against theGoryeo Dynasty (a puppet government of theMongol Empire ) ends as rebel forces are defeated by combined Mongol and Goryeo forces.Births
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July 15 -Ewostatewos , Ethiopian monk and religious leader (d.1352 )
*November 24 -Alphonso, Earl of Chester , son ofEdward I of England (d.1284 )
*Abu al-Fida , Arab historian (d.1331 )
*David VIII of Georgia (d.1311 )Deaths
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December 17 -Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi , Persian poet and Sufi mystic (b.1207 )
*Baldwin II of Constantinople , last Latin Emperor of Constantinople (b.1217 )In fiction
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January 31 - The charactersGuo Jing andHuang Rong , ofJinyong 's modern novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes ", die.
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