1280
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1250s 1260s 1270s – 1280s – 1290s 1300s 1310s |
| Years: | 1277 1278 1279 – 1280 – 1281 1282 1283 |
| 1280 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Art and literature | |
| 1280 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1280 MCCLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2033 |
| Armenian calendar | 729 ԹՎ ՉԻԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -564 – -563 |
| Berber calendar | 2230 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1824 |
| Burmese calendar | 642 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6788 – 6789 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年十一月廿七日 (3916/3976-11-27) — to —
庚辰年十二月初八日(3917/3977-12-8) |
| Coptic calendar | 996 – 997 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1272 – 1273 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5040 – 5041 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1335 – 1336 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1202 – 1203 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4381 – 4382 |
| Holocene calendar | 11280 |
| Iranian calendar | 658 – 659 |
| Islamic calendar | 678 – 679 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3613 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1823 |
[edit] Events
- Construction on the northern section of the Grand Canal of China is begun.
- The final expansion of the Lincoln Cathedral is completed.
- King Magnus I of Sweden founds a Swedish nobility by enacting a law accepting a contribution of a cavalry-member in lieu of ordinary tax payments.
- King Edward I of England forms the Court of King's Bench to hear petitions for justice instead of the king hearing them himself.
- The Wolf minimum of solar activity begins (approximate date).
- The Asen dynasty of tsars of Bulgaria ends.
- Syria attempts to secede from the Mamluk sultanate of Egypt, but Qalawun defeats the rebels and keeps Syria within the Egyptian sultanate.
- 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 completed; it began in 1279.
- Turin is conquered by Thomas III of Savoy, becoming the capital of the House of Savoy.
- Osman starts to rule.
[edit] Births
- Birger of Sweden (d. 1321)
- Wu Zhen, Chinese painter (d. 1354)
[edit] Deaths
- August 22 – Pope Nicholas III (b. 1218)
- November 15 – Albertus Magnus, German theologian
- Magnus VI of Norway
