1276

For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century.

Years: 1273 1274 1275 - 1276 - 1277 1278 1279
Decades: 1240s 1250s 1260s - 1270s - 1280s 1290s 1300s
Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century 1276 state leaders

Events

January 21 - Innocent V becomes Pope.
February - The court of the Southern Song Dynasty of China and hundreds of thousands of its citizens flee from Hangzhou to Fujian and then Guangdong in an effort to escape an invasion by the Mongol Empire.
March 9 - Augsburg becomes an Imperial Free City. Ravensburg also does in the same year.
June - King Rudolph I of Germany declares war on King Otakar II of Bohemia, a political rival; by November, Otakar II is forced to cede four important territories as demanded by the diet of Nuremberg in 1274.
Four different men are pope over the course of the year, as Popes Gregory X, Innocent V, and Adrian V all die in quick succession.
The foundation stone of the Minorite Church in Vienna is laid by King Otakar II of Bohemia.
Mamluk sultan Baibars conquers Al-Maris, previously part of Makuria, and annexes it into Egypt.
A severe 23-year drought begins to affect the Grand Canyon area, eventually forcing the agriculture-dependent Anasazi culture to migrate out of the region.