Decades: 1220s 1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s - 1270s - 1280s 1290s 1300s 1310s 1320s

Years: 1272 1273 1274 1275 1276 - 1277 - 1278 1279 1280 1281 1282

• The philosophical doctrine Averroism is banned from Paris by bishop Etienne Tempier
• Burma's Pagan empire begins to disintegrate after being defeated by Kublai Khan at Ngasaungsyan, near the Chinese border. The Khan ordered the invasion after the Burmese refused to pay tribute.

Deaths

• May 20 - Pope John XXI\n