1270 in poetry

Events

• Tanaide Mor mac Dúinnín Ó Maolconaire becomes Ollamh Síl Muireadaigh in Ireland
• Three planhs are composed for the death of Louis IX of France:
• *Guilhem d'Autpol composes Fortz tristors es e salvaj'a retraire
• *Raimon Gaucelm de Bezers composes Ab grans trebalhs et ab grans marrimens
• *Austorc de Segret composeds No sai quim so, tan sui desconoissens
• Joan Esteve composes Aissi quol malanans, a planh on the death of Amalric I of Narbonne
• Jacob van Maerlant's ''Der naturen bloeme''

Births

• Cino da Pistoia, Italian jurist and poet

Deaths

• Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd, Welsh
• Dubsúilech Ó Maolconaire, an Ollamh Síl Muireadaigh