What is 1280?
{{Year nav|1280}} {{Year in various calendars|1280}} {{Year article header|1280}} == 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 variation|solar activity]] begins (approximate date). * The [[Asen dynasty]] of [[tsar]]s of [[Bulgaria]] ends. * [[Syria]] tries to leave from the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|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, King of Sweden|Birger of Sweden]] (d. [[1321]]) * [[Wu Zhen]], Chinese painter (d. [[1354]]) == Deaths == * [[May 9]] &ndash; [[Magnus VI of Norway]] * [[August 22]] &ndash; [[Pope Nicholas III]] (b. [[1218]]) * [[November 15]] &ndash; [[Albertus Magnus]], German theologian [[Category:1280| ]]