1276

Overview

The year 1276 is a leap year that begins on a Wednesday.

Events

### January 26

Hangzhou surrender: General Mongol Bayan enters the capital Song, and part of the court fled to Guangdong. The young emperor and his mother, however, remained there, abdicated, handed over the great seal of empire, and were taken to Beijing where Kubilai made them honor.

### March 9

Augsburg becomes a free imperial city.

### July 18

Peace between the king of Sicily and Genovese: the Genoese families guelfe Grimaldi and Fieschi return to Genoa.

### October

King of Jerusalem Hugues III of Cyprus abandons Acre.

### November 21

The war between Romanians and Russians begins.

### November 26

Ottokar III succeeds to Rudolf I of Habsburg Austria, Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola, and keeps only Bohemia and Moravia.

### Undated (June)

King Rudolf I of Habsburg of Germany declares war on his rival Ottokar III, King Bohemia, and begins the siege of Vienna.
Mongol General Bayan enters Hangzhou, the capital of the Chinese Empire Song; his imperial court moves to Guangdong.
The King of Jerusalem, Hugues III of Cyprus, abandons Accra (also known as Acre).

### Mongol Conquests

The fall of Hangzhou marks a crucial stage in China's history, because it leads to the reunification of Chinese space, but under foreign domination and within the vast expanse of the Mongolian Empire whose boundaries ranged from Korea to the Mediterranean (Petite Armenia), and from Canton to the centre of today's Turkey, including Iran and Iraq.

### Kubilai Khan's Diplomacy

Kubilai Khan invites Hōjō Tokimune, Shikken of Japan, to recognize his authority. The latter refuses.

Arts, Sciences, Literature, and Philosophy

Ottokar III lays the cornerstone of the Vienna Minoritenkirche.

Births

* 29 September: Christopher III, future King of Denmark (d. 1332)
* Stephen Uroš III, King of Serbia (d. 1331)
* Vaktang III