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1277

Years: 1274 1275 1276 - 1277 - 1278 1279 1280

Decades: 1240s 1250s 1260s - 1270s - 1280s 1290s 1300s

Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Events

• The philosophical doctrine Averroism is banned from Paris by bishop Etienne Tempier
• Burma's Pagan empire begins to disintegrate after being defeated by Kublai Khan at Ngasaungsyan, near the Chinese border. The Khan ordered the invasion after the Burmese refused to pay tribute.
• Nicholas III succeeds John XXI as pope
• Ramkhamhaeng the Great becomes ruler of the Sukhothai kingdom
• St George's cross is first used as the flag of England

Births

Deaths

• May 20 - Pope John XXI
• July 1 - Baibars, Mameluk sultan of Egypt
• Walter de Merton, Lord Chancellor and founder of Merton College
• Thomas Agni of Cosenza, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem