What is 1279?
{{Year nav|1279}} {{Year in various calendars|1279}} {{Year article header|1279}} == Events == * [[March 5]] – [[Lithuania]]n 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 [[England|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 (language)|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. [[Category:1279| ]]