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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 1281 by topic |
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| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Art and literature |
| 1281 in poetry |
| 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) 3978 or 3771 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 3979 or 3772 |
| 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 |
Year 1281 (MCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.