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1279

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Europe

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 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 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.

Asia

March 19 - Kublai Khan 's Mongol Yuan Dynasty defeats the Song Dynasty in the Battle Of Yamen . This completes the Mongol conquest of China and exterminates the Song Dynasty.

October 12 - The '' Dai-Gohonzon '', the supreme object of veneration of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism , is inscribed by Nichiren .

A Mongol diplomatic party sent by Kublai Khan to Japan is killed by Japan's regent Hojo Tokimune , leading to a second invasion attempt by the Mongols in 1281 .

The Chola Dynasty of South India falls under attacks by the Hoysala Empire and Pandyan Kingdom .

Mamluk sultan Baraka Khan and emir Qalawun of Egypt invade Armenia ; a revolt in Egypt while they are away forces Baraka to abdicate and allows Qalawun to become sultan.

BIRTHS

Louis I, Duke Of Bourbon (died 1342 )

DEATHS

February 16 - King Afonso III Of Portugal (born 1210 )

March 19 - Emperor Bing Of Song China (born 1271 )

April 14 - Duke Boleslaus Of Greater Poland

September 11 - Robert Kilwardby , Archbishop Of Canterbury

December 7 - King Boleslaus V Of Poland (born 1226 )

Walter Giffard , Lord Chancellor Of England and archbishop