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For broader historical context, see 1280s and 13th century.
| Years: 1277 1278 1279 - 1280 - 1281 1282 1283 | |
| Decades: 1250s 1260s 1270s - 1280s - 1290s 1300s 1310s | |
| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century 1280 state leaders | |
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.
- The Egyptian city of Al Mansurah is founded.
- Syria attempts to secede from the Mamluk sultanate of Egypt, but Qalawun defeats the rebels and keeps Syria within the Egpytian 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.
Births
- Pope Benedict XII (very approximate date; d. 1342)
- King Birger of Sweden (d. 1321)
- Pietro Lorenzetti, Sienese painter (approximate date; d. 1348)
- Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (d. 1322)
- Wu Zhen, Chinese painter (d. 1354)
Deaths
- August 22 - Pope Nicholas III (b. c. 1218)
- November 15 - Albertus Magnus, German philosopher (b. c. 1193)
- King Magnus VI of Norway
- Benedykt Polak, Polish explorer (approximate date; b. c. 1200)af:1280
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