1281 (MCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1281st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 281st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 13th century, and the 2nd year of the 1280s decade. As of the start of 1281, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 12th century13th century14th century
Decades: 1250s  1260s  1270s  – 1280s –  1290s  1300s  1310s
Years: 1278 1279 128012811282 1283 1284
1281 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1281
MCCLXXXI
Ab urbe condita2034
Armenian calendar730
ԹՎ ՉԼ
Assyrian calendar6031
Balinese saka calendar1202–1203
Bengali calendar688
Berber calendar2231
English Regnal yearEdw. 1 – 10 Edw. 1
Buddhist calendar1825
Burmese calendar643
Byzantine calendar6789–6790
Chinese calendar庚辰(Metal Dragon)
3977 or 3917
    — to —
辛巳年 (Metal Snake)
3978 or 3918
Coptic calendar997–998
Discordian calendar2447
Ethiopian calendar1273–1274
Hebrew calendar5041–5042
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1337–1338
 - Shaka Samvat1202–1203
 - Kali Yuga4381–4382
Holocene calendar11281
Igbo calendar281–282
Iranian calendar659–660
Islamic calendar679–680
Japanese calendarKōan 4
(弘安4年)
Javanese calendar1191–1192
Julian calendar1281
MCCLXXXI
Korean calendar3614
Minguo calendar631 before ROC
民前631年
Nanakshahi calendar−187
Thai solar calendar1823–1824
Tibetan calendar阳金龙年
(male Iron-Dragon)
1407 or 1026 or 254
    — to —
阴金蛇年
(female Iron-Snake)
1408 or 1027 or 255

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