1273

Europe

 * - is elected  over rival candidate King, ending the Interregnum; Otakar refuses to acknowledge Rudolph as the new king, leading to the outbreak of war in . Rudolph is the first of many s to hold the throne.
 * - quits his writing of  &mdash; a master work of  theology &mdash; leaving it  after having a mystical experience during.
 * King captures  from.

The Middle East

 * December - Followers of the recently deceased establish the  order of  in the city of  (in present-day ).
 * The "Holy Redeemer", believed to be one of the finest examples of the art form, is carved in , , by.
 * The suburb of  (then known as Pera) is given to the  by the    in return for Genoa's support of the Empire after the  and the sacking of Constantinople.

Asia

 * - The six-year long ends as commander of the 's forces surrender to .  The battle is the first in which firearms are used in combat.
 * In, the against the  (a  of the ) ends as rebel forces are defeated by combined Mongol and Goryeo forces.

Births

 * -, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (died )
 * -, son of (died )
 * , Arab historian (died )
 * (died )

Deaths

 * -, Persian poet and Sufi mystic (born )
 * , last Latin Emperor of Constantinople (born )

In fiction

 * - The characters and, of 's modern novel , die.