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1279

For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century.

1279 - Events

1279 - Europe

• March 5 - Lithuanian forces led by Traidenis defeat the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of Aizkraukle.
• 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.

1279 - Asia

• March 19 - Kublai Khan's Mongol Yuan Dynasty defeats the Song Dynasty in the Battle of Yamen. This completes the Mongol conquest of China and exterminates the Song Dynasty.
• October 12 - The Dai-Gohonzon, the supreme object of veneration of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism, is inscribed by Nichiren.
• A Mongol diplomatic party sent by Kublai Khan to Japan is killed by Japan's regent Hojo 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.

1279 - Births

• Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (died 1342)

1279 - Deaths

• February 16 - King Afonso III of Portugal (born 1210)
• March 19 - Emperor Bing of Song China (born 1271)
• April 14 - Duke Boleslaus of Greater Poland
• September 11 - Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury
• December 7 - King Boleslaus V of Poland (born 1226)
• Walter Giffard, Lord Chancellor of England and archbishop

Category: 1279

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