History
1278
General
Population: 425 Million*
- Technology: Invention of glass mirror
- Deaths: Sculptor Nicola Pisano, Ottokar II of Bohemia, Historian Martin of Troppau, 278 Jews in London
Europe
- General: German-Bohemian Wars kill 1000
- England: 278 Jews in London hanged for clipping coin but Christians guilty of same offense fined
- Holy Roman Empire: Death of Ottokar II king of Bohemia as he is defeated bu Rudolf I HRE and killed at Durnkrut (Battle of the Marchfeld) – succeeded by Wenceslas II
- Italian States: St. Maria Novella church built in Florence