1279
Events Battle of Yamen. Mongolian Yuan Dynasty annihilated the last fleet of Chinese Song Dynasty and thus exterminated the Song Dynasty D. Diniz becomes king of Portugal King Edward I of England bans land grants to the church. A dispute with the Archbishop of Canterbury John Peckham led to the ruling in the Statute of Mortmain. This was the first act of anticlerical legislation in England. Nameise becomes king of Semigallians The Hundred Rolls of 1279
Births
DeathsFebruary 16 - King Afonso III of PortugalSeptember 11 - Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury
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