Major Events
- Apr 8 Krak des Chevaliers, the greatest fortress built by medieval crusaders in the Levant, is finally taken by the forces of Mamlūk sultan Baybars I
- Dec 18 Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China
Born in 1271
- Sep 8 Charles Martel of Anjou, Son of Charles II of Naples, born in Naples, Kingdom of Sicily (now Italy) (d. 1295)
- Sep 27 Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305), born in Prague, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1305)
- Nov 5 Maḥmūd Ghāzān, 7th Mongol Empire ruler in Iran, born in Abaskun, Iran (d. 1304)
Who Died in 1271
- Jan 10 Otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies
- Jan 28 Isabella of Aragon, wife of Philip III and Queen consort of France (1270-1), dies of complications from childbirth at 22 or 23
- Mar 13 Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235)
- Apr 25 Master Gerhard, first master mason of Cologne Cathedral, falls to his death from scaffolding during the building of the cathedral (b. c. 1210)
- Aug 21 Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France, dies at 50
More 1271 Deaths
Kublai Khan