Historical Events in 1279
- Mar 19 A Mongolian victory at the naval Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China
- Jul 29 Five emissaries dispatched by Kublai Khan from the Mongol Yuan dynasty are beheaded by Japan
- Oct 12 Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of Nichiren Buddhism, inscribes the Dai-Gohonzon
World Leaders in 1279
Kublai Khan
Mongolian Emperor and Founder of the Yuan Dynasty
Kublai KhanFamous People Who Died in 1279
- Feb 16 Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies at 68
- Mar 19 Emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271)
- Apr 14 Boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke
- Apr 14 Boleslaus of Greater Poland
- Sep 10 Robert Kilwardby [Anglicus], English Archbishop of Canterbury (1272-78), philosopher and Cardinal, dies (b. 1215)
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