Famous People Who Died in 1279
- Feb 16 Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies at 68
- Mar 19 Emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271)
- Apr 14 Boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke dies
- Sep 10 Robert Kilwardby [Anglicus], English Archbishop of Canterbury (1272-78), philosopher and Cardinal, dies (b. 1215)
- Dec 7 Bolesław V the Chaste, High Duke of Poland (1243-79), dies at 53
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