1270

1270 (MCCLXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1270th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 270th year of the 2nd millennium, the 70th year of the 13th century, and the 1st year of the 1270s decade. As of the start of 1270, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

1270 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1270 MCCLXX
Ab urbe condita	2023
Armenian calendar	719 ԹՎ ՉԺԹ
Assyrian calendar	6020
Balinese saka calendar	1191–1192
Bengali calendar	677
Berber calendar	2220
English Regnal year	54 Hen. 3 – 55 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar	1814
Burmese calendar	632
Byzantine calendar	6778–6779
Chinese calendar	己巳年 (Earth Snake) 3966 or 3906     — to — 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 3967 or 3907
Coptic calendar	986–987
Discordian calendar	2436
Ethiopian calendar	1262–1263
Hebrew calendar	5030–5031
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1326–1327
- Shaka Samvat	1191–1192
- Kali Yuga	4370–4371
Holocene calendar	11270
Igbo calendar	270–271
Iranian calendar	648–649
Islamic calendar	668–669
Japanese calendar	Bun'ei 7 (文永７年)
Javanese calendar	1180–1181
Julian calendar	1270 MCCLXX
Korean calendar	3603
Minguo calendar	642 before ROC 民前642年
Nanakshahi calendar	−198
Thai solar calendar	1812–1813
Tibetan calendar	ས་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་ (female Earth-Snake) 1396 or 1015 or 243     — to — ལྕགས་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Horse) 1397 or 1016 or 244

Events

• The Solomonid king Yekuno Amlak kills the last king of the Zagwe dynasty in Ethiopia. The Solomonids begin to rule Ethiopia, which they continue until 1974.
• Louis IX of France starts the Eighth Crusade by attacking Tunis.
• In Korea, the Sambyeolcho Rebellion begins.

Births

• Jacob ben Asher, Spanish Rabbi (Jewish religious leader)

Deaths

• King Louis IX of France