1280 CE

Battle of al-Jassora: Syria attempts to secede from the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, but Al Mansur Qalawun defeats the rebels and keeps Syria within the Egyptian sultanate. Reconquista: Battle of Moclín – Troops of the Emirate of Granada defeat those of the Kingdom of Castile and Kingdom of León. King Magnus Ladulås of Sweden founds a Swedish nobility by enacting a law accepting a contribution of a cavalry member in lieu of ordinary tax payments.

In the 1280s, the 13th century.

Conflict & Security

  • June 18 – Battle of al-Jassora: Syria attempts to secede from the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, but Al Mansur Qalawun defeats the rebels and keeps Syria within the Egyptian sultanate.source
  • June 23 – Reconquista: Battle of Moclín – Troops of the Emirate of Granada defeat those of the Kingdom of Castile and Kingdom of León.source
  • Tsar Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria flees from Tarnovo, ending the Asen dynasty in Bulgaria.source
  • Turin is conquered by Thomas III of Savoy, becoming the capital of the House of Savoy.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • The ancestors of the Māori people from eastern Polynesia become the first human settlers of New Zealand.source

Religion & Belief

  • The final expansion of Lincoln Cathedral in England is completed.source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • Construction on the northern section of the Grand Canal of China has begun.source

Science & Discovery

  • 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 finished; it began in 1279.source
  • The Wolf minimum of solar activity begins.source

Crime & Justice

  • Alice Kyteler, alleged witch and the first recorded person condemned for witchcraft in Ireland (died c 1325) marries first husband William Outlaw between 1280 and 1285.Irelandsource

Culture & Society

  • September 27 – King Magnus Ladulås of Sweden founds a Swedish nobility by enacting a law accepting a contribution of a cavalry member in lieu of ordinary tax payments.source

Births

  • Mansa Musa, mansa of the Mali Empire (died c.1337)source
  • Birger, King of Sweden, Swedish monarch (died 1321)source
  • Anna of Kashin, Russian princess consort and saint (died 1368)source
  • Wu Zhen, Chinese painter (died 1354)source

Deaths