1279

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

1279 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Art and literature
1279 in poetry

**1279 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1279 MCCLXXIX
Ab urbe condita	2032
Armenian calendar	728 ԹՎ ՉԻԸ
Bahá'í calendar	-565 – -564
Bengali calendar	686
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
- Bikram Samwat	1335 – 1336
- 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

Events

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.

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.