- 1276
Events
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January 21 -Pope Innocent V succeedsPope Gregory X as the 185thpope .
*February - The court of theSouthern Song Dynasty ofChina and hundreds of thousands of its citizens flee fromHangzhou toFujian and thenGuangdong in an effort to escape an invasion by theMongol Empire .
*March 9 -Augsburg becomes anImperial Free City .Ravensburg also does in the same year.
*June - KingRudolph I of Germany declares war on KingOtakar II of Bohemia , a political rival; by November, Otakar II is forced to cede four important territories as demanded by the diet ofNuremberg in1274 .
*June 14 - Remnants of the Song Chinese court inFuzhou province conduct the coronation ceremony for the Prince Zhao Shi to becomeEmperor Duanzong of Song .
*July 11 -Pope Adrian V (also referred to as Hadrian) succeedsPope Innocent V as the 186thpope .
*September 13 -Pope John XXI succeedsPope Adrian V as the 187thpope , becoming the fourth man this calendar year to hold the office ofpope .
*Stefan Dragutin of Serbia becomes King of Serbia.
* The foundation stone of the Minoritenkirche inVienna is laid by KingOtakar II of Bohemia .
*Mamluk sultanBaibars conquers Al-Maris, previously part ofMakuria , and annexes it intoEgypt .
* A severe 23-yeardrought begins to affect the Grand Canyon area, eventually forcing the agriculture-dependentAnasazi culture to migrate out of the region.Births
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October 19 -Prince Hisaaki , Japanese shogun (d.1328 )
*Christopher II of Denmark (d.1332 )
*Vakhtang III of Georgia (d.1308 )
*Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (d.1322 )
*Yesün Temür Khan of the Mongol Empire (d.1328 )
*Louis d'Évreux , son of KingPhilip III of France
*Giotto , Florentine painterDeaths
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January 10 -Pope Gregory X
*June 22 -Pope Innocent V
*July 27 - KingJames I of Aragon (b.1208 )
*August 18 -Pope Adrian V
*Guido Guinizelli , Italian poet
*Vasily of Kostroma , Grand Duke of Vladimir (b.1241 )
*Kanezawa Sanetoki , Japanese member of the Hōjō clan (b.1224 )
*Ahmad al-Badawi , Sufi (b.1199 )
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