Years: 1278 1279 1280 - 1281 - 1282 1283 1284

Decades: 1250s 1260s 1270s - 1280s - 1290s 1300s 1310s

Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century 1281 state leaders

Events

• February 22 - Martin IV becomes Pope
• August 15 - Kamikaze storm wipes out invading Mongol army in the coast of Japan
• The Ottoman Empire was founded as an autonomous state (Beylik) in present day Bilecik, Turkey, by Osman Bey.

Births

• Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester, English nobleman (d. 1345)
• Rudolph I of Bohemia (=Rudolph III of Austria)

Deaths