1280
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| 1280 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1280 MCCLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2033 |
| Armenian calendar | 729 ԹՎ ՉԻԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6030 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1201–1202 |
| Bengali calendar | 687 |
| Berber calendar | 2230 |
| English Regnal year | 8 Edw. 1 – 9 Edw. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1824 |
| Burmese calendar | 642 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6788–6789 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3977 or 3770 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3978 or 3771 |
| Coptic calendar | 996–997 |
| Discordian calendar | 2446 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1272–1273 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5040–5041 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1336–1337 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1201–1202 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4380–4381 |
| Holocene calendar | 11280 |
| Igbo calendar | 280–281 |
| Iranian calendar | 658–659 |
| Islamic calendar | 678–679 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōan 3 (弘安３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1190–1191 |
| Julian calendar | 1280 MCCLXXX |
| Korean calendar | 3613 |
| Minguo calendar | 632 before ROC 民前632年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −188 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1822–1823 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1406 or 1025 or 253 — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1407 or 1026 or 254 |
Year 1280 (MCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- June 23 – Reconquista – Battle of Moclín: Troops of the Emirate of Granada defeat those of the Kingdom of Castile and Kingdom of Leon.
- Construction on the northern section of the Grand Canal of China is begun.
- The final expansion of Lincoln Cathedral in England is completed.
- King Magnus III of Sweden founds a Swedish nobility by enacting a law accepting a contribution of a cavalry-member in lieu of ordinary tax payments.
- The Wolf minimum of solar activity begins (approximate date).
- Tsar Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria flees from Tarnovo, ending the Asen dynasty in Bulgaria.
- Syria attempts to secede from the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, but Al Mansur Qalawun defeats the rebels and keeps Syria within the Egyptian 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.
- Turin is conquered by Thomas III of Savoy, becoming the capital of the House of Savoy.
Births
- Birger of Sweden (d. 1321)
- Wu Zhen, Chinese painter (d. 1354)
Deaths
- February 10 – Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (b. 1202)
- May 9 – Magnus VI of Norway
- August 22 – Pope Nicholas III (b. 1218)
- November 15 – Albertus Magnus, German theologian