1279
year
1279 (MCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1279th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 279th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 13th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1270s decade. As of the start of 1279, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1240s 1250s 1260s – 1270s – 1280s 1290s 1300s |
| Years: | 1276 1277 1278 – 1279 – 1280 1281 1282 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1279 MCCLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2032 |
| Armenian calendar | 728 ԹՎ ՉԻԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6029 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1200–1201 |
| Bengali calendar | 686 |
| Berber calendar | 2229 |
| English Regnal year | 7 Edw. 1 – 8 Edw. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1823 |
| Burmese calendar | 641 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6787–6788 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3975 or 3915 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3976 or 3916 |
| Coptic calendar | 995–996 |
| Discordian calendar | 2445 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1271–1272 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5039–5040 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1335–1336 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1200–1201 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4379–4380 |
| Holocene calendar | 11279 |
| Igbo calendar | 279–280 |
| Iranian calendar | 657–658 |
| Islamic calendar | 677–678 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōan 2 (弘安２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1189–1190 |
| Julian calendar | 1279 MCCLXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3612 |
| Minguo calendar | 633 before ROC 民前633年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −189 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1821–1822 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 1405 or 1024 or 252 — to — 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1406 or 1025 or 253 |
Events
change- 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.
- Haapsalu town (Estonia) is founded.