1274
| Years: 1271 1272 1273 – 1274 – 1275 1276 1277 | |
| Decades: 1240s 1250s 1260s – 1270s – 1280s 1290s 1300s | |
| Centuries: 12th century – 13th century – 14th century 1274 state leaders | |
Events
- May 7 – In France the Second Council of Lyons opens to consider the condition of the Holy Land and to agree to a union with the Byzantine church.
- August 21 – Philip III of France marries Marie de Brabant
- End of the reign of Emperor Kameyama of Japan
- Emperor Go-Uda ascends to the throne of Japan
- August – Edward I returns from crusade, and is crowned at Westminster Abbey.
- At the age of 3, Jeanne of Navarre becomes countess of Champagne and Queen of Navarre upon her father's death.
- Robert Burnell is named Lord Chancellor of England.
- The battle of Hakata Bay is fought.
- The city of Malbork is founded by the Teutonic Knights.
- Edward I of England enforces the decree requiring all English Jews to wear yellow badges.
- Nichiren founder of Nichiren Buddhism enters a voluntary exile on Mount Minobu
- Pope Gregory X decrees that conclaves (meetings during which the electors have no contact with the outside) should be used for papal elections.
- The diet at Nuremberg orders that all crown estates seized since the death of the emperor Frederick II be restored to Rudolph I of Germany
- William de Beaulieu becomes master of the London Temple of the Templars in England
- Robert de Clifford is created first Baron de Clifford
- In Japan the scattering of an aggressive Mogul-Korean fleet is attributed to the supernatural 神風 (kamikaze) or divine wind in a storm created by Raiden.
- Dante Alighieri, aged nine, falls in love with eight year old Beatrice Portinari
- Walter de Merton becomes Bishop of Rochester, England
Births
- July 11 – Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (d. 1329)
- Adam Murimuth, English ecclesiastic and chronicler
- Saint Louis of Toulouse
- Eric VI of Denmark
Deaths
- March 7 – Saint Thomas Aquinas, Catholic theologian (b. 1225)
- August 15 – Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201)
- September 2 – Prince Munetaka, 6th Kamakura shogun of Japan (b. 1242)
- Saint Bonaventure, Franciscan theologian (b. 1221)
- Henry III, count of Champagne and king of Navarre
- Nasreddin Tusi, Persian astronomer
- Hanno von Sangershausen, Grand Master (Hochmeister) of the Teutonic Order
- Emperor Du of Song China (Song Dynasty (960–1279))
- Anselm of Meissen, Bishop of Warmia
- Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, scientist and writer
Monarchs/Presidents
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