Years: 1280 1281 1282 – 1283 – 1284 1285 1286 Decades: 1250s 1260s 1270s – 1280s – 1290s 1300s 1310s Centuries: 12th century – 13th century – 14th century Events Europe June 1 – The young Duke Rudolph II of Austria is forced to yield his claim on the Duchies of Austria and Styria to his elder brother, Albert I of Germany, under the Treaty of Rheinfelden. July 8 – At the naval Battle of Malta at Valletta, an Angevin fleet sent to help put d… (More on 1283)