Oct 3 Beauvais cathedral in France is completed (choir and transept), designed to be the largest French Gothic cathedral ever built Event of Interest Nov 20 Edward I proclaimed King of England after death of his father, Henry III. He would take two years to return to England from the Ninth Crusade. King of England Edward I Nov 21 Following Henry III of England's death on November 16, his son Prince Edward becomes King of England. 1271 Events in History by Year 1273