1277
| Years: 1274 1275 1276 – 1277 – 1278 1279 1280 | |
| Decades: 1240s 1250s 1260s – 1270s – 1280s 1290s 1300s | |
| Centuries: 12th century – 13th century – 14th century 1277 state leaders | |
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.
- Llywelyn ap Gruffyd is subdued in the First Welsh War.
- 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 (b. 1215)
- July 1 – Baibars, Mameluk sultan of Egypt (b. 1223)
- October 27 – Walter de Merton, Lord Chancellor and founder of Merton College
- Thomas Agni of Cosenza, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
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