1281

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 century – 13th century – 14th century
Decades:	1250s  1260s  1270s  – 1280s –  1290s  1300s  1310s
Years:	1278 1279 1280 – 1281 – 1282 1283 1284

1281 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1281 MCCLXXXI
Ab urbe condita	2034
Armenian calendar	730 ԹՎ ՉԼ
Assyrian calendar	6031
Balinese saka calendar	1202–1203
Bengali calendar	688
Berber calendar	2231
English Regnal year	9 Edw. 1 – 10 Edw. 1
Buddhist calendar	1825
Burmese calendar	643
Byzantine calendar	6789–6790
Chinese calendar	庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3977 or 3917     — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 3978 or 3918
Coptic calendar	997–998
Discordian calendar	2447
Ethiopian calendar	1273–1274
Hebrew calendar	5041–5042
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1337–1338
- Shaka Samvat	1202–1203
- Kali Yuga	4381–4382
Holocene calendar	11281
Igbo calendar	281–282
Iranian calendar	659–660
Islamic calendar	679–680
Japanese calendar	Kōan 4 (弘安４年)
Javanese calendar	1191–1192
Julian calendar	1281 MCCLXXXI
Korean calendar	3614
Minguo calendar	631 before ROC 民前631年
Nanakshahi calendar	−187
Thai solar calendar	1823–1824
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

Births

• Richard De Bury, English statesman (died 1345)
• Castruccio Castracani, duke of Lucca (died 1328)
• Yuri III Danilovich, Grand Prince of Russia (died 1325)
• Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster (died 1345)
• Hamdollah Mostowfi, Ilkhanid Iranian historian (died 1349)
• Rudolph I of Bohemia (died 1307)

Deaths

• Ertuğrul, father of Osman I (born 1198)
• Traidenis, Grand Prince of Lithuania