A patent of nobility is granted to his silversmith by Philip III, King of France.
1273. Election of Rudolph as emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. See "FOUNDING OF THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG," vi, 298.
1274. After a long stay in France Edward I lands in England; is crowned with his Queen, Eleanora, at Westminster.
Fourteenth general council, Second of Lyons, presided over by Pope
Gregory IX.
Death of Thomas Aquinas, the "Angelic Doctor," while on his way to attend the council of Lyons.
1275. Edward I persecutes the Jews in England.
Marriage between the doges and foreigners prohibited by the Venetians.
1276. Ottocar II, of Bohemia, is vanquished by Rudolph of Hapsburg. See "FOUNDING OF THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG," vi, 298.
Lombardy distracted by civil wars, earthquakes, floods, famine, and pestilence, followed by a severe winter of four months.
Death of Beibars, Sultan of Egypt and Syria; succession of Kaldoun.