1280 facts for kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century – 13th century – 14th century
Decades:	1250s  1260s  1270s  – 1280s –  1290s  1300s  1310s
Years:	1277 1278 1279 – 1280 – 1281 1282 1283

Year 1280 (MCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

• Construction on the northern section of the Grand Canal of China begins.
• The final stage of the Lincoln Cathedral is completed.
• King Edward I of England forms the Court of King's Bench. The Bench hears 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.
• Syria tries to leave from the Mamluk sultanate of Egypt. Qalawun defeats the rebels and keeps Syria in the Egyptian sultanate.
• The second of two main surveys of the Hundred Rolls is completed. It began in 1279.
• Turin is conquered by Thomas III of Savoy. It becomes the capital of the House of Savoy.
• Osman starts to rule.

Births

• Birger of Sweden (d. 1321)
• Wu Zhen, Chinese painter (d. 1354)

Deaths

• May 9 – Magnus VI of Norway
• August 22 – Pope Nicholas III (b. 1218)
• November 15 – Albertus Magnus, German theologian