1279
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| Years: 1276 1277 1278 – 1279 – 1280 1281 1282 |
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| Decades: 1240s 1250s 1260s – 1270s – 1280s 1290s 1300s |
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| Centuries: 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
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| 1279 by topic | |
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| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| 1279 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1279 MCCLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2032 |
| Armenian calendar | 728 ԹՎ ՉԻԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -565 – -564 |
| Berber calendar | 2229 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1823 |
| Burmese calendar | 641 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6787 – 6788 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年閏十一月十七日 (3915/3975-intercalary 11-17) — to —
己卯年十一月廿六日(3916/3976-11-26) |
| Coptic calendar | 995 – 996 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1271 – 1272 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5039 – 5040 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1334 – 1335 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1201 – 1202 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4380 – 4381 |
| Holocene calendar | 11279 |
| Iranian calendar | 657 – 658 |
| Islamic calendar | 677 – 678 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3612 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1822 |
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[edit] Events
[edit] Europe
- March 5 – Battle of Aizkraukle: Lithuanian forces led by Traidenis defeat the Teutonic Knights.
- The first of the Statutes of Mortmain are passed under King Edward I of England, which prevents land from passing into possession of the church.
- The second of two main surveys of the Hundred Rolls, an English census seen as a follow up to the Domesday Book completed in 1086, is begun; it lasts until 1280.
- Al-Razi's important medical writings are translated into Latin by Faraj ben Salim, some 350 years after Al-Razi's death.
- The Royal Mint of England moves into the Tower of London.
- The town of Haapsalu, Estonia is founded.
[edit] Asia
- March 19 – Battle of Yamen: Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty defeats and ends the Song Dynasty, and becomes the emperor of all China.
- The Mongol Empire reaches its largest extent. However, by this time the empire has already partially fragmented.
- October 12 – The Dai-Gohonzon, the supreme object of veneration of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism, is inscribed by Nichiren.
- A Yuan diplomatic party sent by Kublai Khan to Japan is killed by Japan's regent Hōjō Tokimune, leading to a second invasion attempt by the Mongols in 1281.
- The Chola Dynasty of South India falls under attacks by the Hoysala Empire and Pandyan Kingdom.
- Mamluk sultan Baraka Khan and emir Qalawun of Egypt invade Armenia; a revolt in Egypt while they are away forces Baraka to abdicate and allows Qalawun to become sultan.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- February 16 – King Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1210)
- March – Zhang Shijie, Chinese admiral and official
- March 19 – Emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271)
- April 14 – Duke Boleslaus of Greater Poland
- September 11 – Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury
- December 7 – King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226)
- Walter Giffard, Lord Chancellor of England and archbishop
- Jeanne of Dammartin, Queen consort of Castile and León (b. 1216)
