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Before August – King Louis IX of France launches the Eighth Crusade, in an attempt to recapture the Crusader States from the Mamluk sultan Baibars; the opening engagement is a siege of Tunis. [ 1 ] August 25 – King Louis IX of France dies while besieging the city of Tunis, possibly due to poor quality drinking water.
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land between 1095 and 1291 that had the objective of reconquering Jerusalem and its surrounding area from Muslim rule after the region had been conquered by the Rashidun Caliphate ...
The cathedral atop the Rock of Cashel in Ireland was completed in 1270. Year 1270 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.
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The Eighth Crusade was the second Crusade launched by Louis IX of France, this one against the Hafsid dynasty in Tunisia in 1270. It is also known as the Crusade of Louis IX Against Tunis or the Second Crusade of Louis. The Crusade did not see any significant fighting as Louis died of dysentery shortly after
1270. April – Parliament levies a property tax to support a Crusade. [1]20 August – The Lord Edward, heir to the throne, sets out from Dover to join the Eighth Crusade in what becomes known as Lord Edward's crusade (sometimes the Ninth Crusade); [2] he is accompanied throughout by his wife Eleanor of Castile.
11 July 1274 – Robert the Bruce (died 1329) Full date unknown. c. 1270 – William Wallace (died 1305 in England) c. 1272 – Isabel Bruce (died 1358 in Norway) c. 1274 – John Comyn III of Badenoch (died 1306)
Despenser's Crusade: Despenser's Crusade (1383), also known as the Norwich Crusade, was a military expedition led by Henry le Despenser in order to assist Ghent in its struggle against the supporters of antipope Clement VII. A crusade associated with the Great Schism. [154] [158] Crusade of John of Gaunt: The Crusade of John of Gaunt (1387).