1272
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| 1272 in poetry | 
| Gregorian calendar | 1272 MCCLXXII | 
| Ab urbe condita | 2025 | 
| Armenian calendar | 721 ԹՎ ՉԻԱ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 6022 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1193–1194 | 
| Bengali calendar | 678–679 | 
| Berber calendar | 2222 | 
| English Regnal year | 56 Hen. 3 – 1 Edw. 1 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 1816 | 
| Burmese calendar | 634 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 6780–6781 | 
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 3969 or 3762 — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3970 or 3763 | 
| Coptic calendar | 988–989 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2438 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1264–1265 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 5032–5033 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1328–1329 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1193–1194 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4372–4373 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11272 | 
| Igbo calendar | 272–273 | 
| Iranian calendar | 650–651 | 
| Islamic calendar | 670–671 | 
| Japanese calendar | Bun'ei 9 (文永9年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 1182–1183 | 
| Julian calendar | 1272 MCCLXXII | 
| Korean calendar | 3605 | 
| Minguo calendar | 640 before ROC 民前640年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | −196 | 
| Thai solar calendar | 1814–1815 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 1398 or 1017 or 245 — to — 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 1399 or 1018 or 246 | 
Year 1272 (MCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.