1279

Years: 1276 1277 1278 - 1279 - 1280 1281 1282
Decades: 1240s 1250s 1260s - 1270s - 1280s 1290s 1300s
Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

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2 Births
3 Deaths

Battle of Yamen. Mongolian Yuan Dynasty anniliated the last fleet of Chinese Song Dynasty and thus exterminated the Song Dynasty
D. Diniz becomes king of Portugal
King Edward I of England bans land grants to the church. A dispute with the Archbishop of Canterbury John Peckham led to the ruling in the Statute of Mortmain. This was the first act of anticlerical legislation in England.
Nameise becomes king of Semigallians
The Hundred Roll's of 1279