Year
The world in 1279
In 1279 the atlas holds 413 states standing across 6 regions. 6 things began that year - Battle of Yamen, Grand Duchy of Kraków and Battle of Aizkraukle among them - and 6 ended; 5 people were born and 7 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1270s page, and to its century on the 13th century.
What began in 1279
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 3
- Grand Duchy of Kraków · state · 1279 – 1293
- Principality of Göttingen · state · 1279 – 1495
- Emirate of Erzincan · state · 1279 – 1410
Wars and battles 3
- Battle of Yamen · battle · 1279
- Battle of Aizkraukle · battle · 1279
- Battle of Devina · battle · 1279
What ended in 1279
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 3
- Song dynasty · state · 960 – 1279
- Chola dynasty · state · 300 BCE – 1279 CE
- Chola Empire · state · 848 – 1279
Wars and battles 3
- Mongol conquest of China · war · 1205 – 1279
- Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty · battle · 1235 – 1279
- Siege of Algeciras · battle · 1278 – 1279
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 1279 5
- Ramkhamhaeng · monarch · 1279 – 1298
- Louis I, Duke of Bourbon · ruler · 1279 – 1341
- Ismail I of Granada · politician · 1279 – 1325
- Hōjō Hirotoki · ruler · 1279 – 1315
- Abu Asida Muhammad II · politician · 1279 – 1308
Died in 1279 7
- Afonso III of Portugal · monarch · 1210 – 1279
- Zhao Bing · monarch · 1272 – 1279
- Bolesław V the Chaste · person · 1226 – 1279
- Kaykaus II · ruler · 1234 – 1279
- Bolesław the Pious · person · 1225 – 1279
- Li Ye · mathematician · 1192 – 1279
- Ajall Shams al-Din Omar · politician · 1211 – 1279
Standing in 1279
The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.
Europe235 states
- France · 481 – present
- Sweden · 900 – present · Magnus Ladulås, Monarch of Sweden since 1275
- Denmark · 800 – present · Eric V of Denmark, Monarch of Denmark since 1259
- Andorra · 1278 – present · Pere d'Urtx, Episcopal Co-Prince since 1278 and Roger-Bernard III of Foix, French co-prince of Andorra since 1278
- San Marino · 301 – present
- Holy Roman Empire · 962 – 1806
- Vikings · 793 – 1332
- Goths · 100 – 1475
- Golden Horde · 1243 – 1502 · Mengu-Timur, khan since 1266
- House of Habsburg · 1001 – 1780
and 225 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa59 states
- Byzantine Empire · 285 – 1453 · Michael VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor since 1261 and Anna of Hungary, Byzantine emperor since 1273
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Kingdom of Jerusalem · 1099 – 1291 · Hugh III of Cyprus, monarch since 1268
- Ilkhanate · 1256 – 1335 · Abaqa Khan, khan since 1265
- Ayyubid dynasty · 1171 – 1341 · Al-Sa'id Baraka, Sultan of Egypt since 1277 and Solamish, Sultan of Egypt since 1279
- Sultanate of Rum · 1077 – 1307 · Kaykhusraw III, Sultan of Rum since 1266
- Mamluk Sultanate · 1250 – 1517 · Al-Hakim I, Abbasid caliph since 1262 and Al-Sa'id Baraka, Sultan of Egypt since 1277
- Ethiopian Empire · 1270 – 1975 · Yekuno Amlak, Emperor of Ethiopia since 1270
- Empire of Trebizond · 1204 – 1461 · George, Emperor of Trebizond, emperor of Trebizond since 1266
- Emirate of Granada · 1238 – 1492 · Muhammad II of Granada, emir of Granada since 1273
and 49 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa10 states
- Mali Empire · 1235 – 1670
- Kingdom of Benin · 1170 – 1897 · Ewedo, Oba of Benin since 1255
- Ajuran Sultanate · 1201 – 1700
- Kilwa Sultanate · 957 – 1513
- Kingdom of Nri · 1000 – 1911
- Warsangali Sultanate · 1218 – 1886
- Kingdom of Damot · 1100 – 1317
- Kingdom of Ardra · 1100 – 1724
- Sultanate of Mogadishu · 901 – 1600
- Empire of Kitara · 940 – 1300
South Asia45 states
- Kathmandu · 1202 – 1761
- Delhi Sultanate · 1206 – 1526 · Ghiyas ud din Balban, Sultan of Hindustan (Sultan of Delhi) since 1266
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE · Rajendra Chola III, Chola king since 1246
- Chagatai Khanate · 1225 – 1687 · Buqa Temür, khan since 1272
- Mamluk dynasty · 1206 – 1290 · Ghiyas ud din Balban, Sultan of Hindustan (Sultan of Delhi) since 1266
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Hoysala Kingdom · 1026 – 1343 · Narasimha III, Hoysala king since 1263
- White Horde · 1227 – 1500 · Mengu-Timur, khan since 1266
- Kakatiya dynasty · 1163 – 1323 · Rudrama Devi, queen regnant since 1263
- Chandelas of Jejakabhukti · 831 – 1311
and 35 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia35 states
- Mongol Empire · 1206 – 1368 · Kublai Khan, khagan since 1260
- Yuan dynasty · 1271 – 1368 · Kublai Khan, Emperor of China since 1271
- Song dynasty · 960 – 1279 · Zhao Bing, Emperor of China since 1278
- Khmer Empire · 802 – 1431
- Srivijaya · 650 – 1377
- Champa · 192 – 1832 · Indravarman V, king since 1257
- Goryeo · 918 – 1392 · Chungnyeol of Goryeo, monarch since 1274
- Pagan Kingdom · 849 – 1297 · Narathihapate, King of Burma since 1256
- Sukhothai Kingdom · 1238 – 1438 · Ramkhamhaeng, King of Sukhothai since 1279
- Kamakura shogunate · 1200 – 1333 · Hōjō Tokimune, Shikken since 1268
and 25 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania12 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Ancestral Puebloans · 850 – 1304
- Tuʻi Tonga Empire · 951 – 1826
- Norse settlement of North America · 1072 – 1384
- Chimor · 850 – 1470
- Kingdom of Cusco · 1197 – 1438 · Lloque Yupanqui, Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco since 1260
- Sican culture · 700 – 1375
- Texcoco · 1202 – 1428
- United Provinces of New Granada · 181 – 1816
- Muisca Confederations · 800 – 1540
and 2 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown17 states
- Rurikids · 862 – 1598
- Burgraviate of Nuremberg · 1105 – 1486
- Langkasuka · 100 – 1500
- House of Ögedei · 1200 – 1400
- Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe · 1220 – 1450
- Möng Mao · 560 – 1604
- Savoyard state · 1003 – 1861
- Airgíalla · 331 – 1585
- Kingdom of al-Abwab · 1276 – 1367
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
and 7 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1254 – 1304: every state, war and life of 1279 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 1279: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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