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'Years:' 1286 1287 1288 - 1289 - 1290 1291 1292

'Decades:' 1250s 1260s 1270s - '1280s' - 1290s 1300s 1310s

'Centuries:' 12th century - '13th century' - 14th century

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Events

Europe

Asia

North America

Births

Deaths

In fiction

Events

Europe

★ June 11 - The Italian Guelph and Ghibelline factions fight in the battle of Campaldino; the Guelph victory secures their position of power in Florence.

★ Pope Nicholas IV formally constitutes the University of Montpellier in France by papal bull, combining various existing schools under the mantle of a single university.

★ Construction of Conwy Castle, ordered by King Edward I of England, is completed in Wales.

★ Jews are expelled from Gascony and Anjou in France.

★ Construction of the Belaya Vezha tower in Belarus is completed.

Asia

★ April 27 - Mamluk sultan Qalawun captures the County of Tripoli (in present-day Lebanon) after a month-long siege, thus extinguishing the crusader state.

★ Franciscan friars begin missionary work in China.

★ Japan: Prince Subaru conquers the province of Saitama.

North America

★ The 5,452 meter (17,887 feet) high volcano Popocatépetl is first ascended by members of the Tecuanipas tribe in present-day Mexico.

Births

★ October 4 - King Louis X of France (died 1316)

★ October 6 - King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (died 1306)

★ King Leo IV of Armenia (died 1307)

Deaths

★ March 12 - King Demetre II of Georgia (born 1259)

★ King Leo III of Armenia

★ Petrus de Dacia, Swedish monk and author

★ Ugolino della Gherardesca

★ Ippen, Japanese monk (born 1239)

★ Gruffydd Fychan I, last ruling prince of Powys Fadog.

In fiction

★ The ''Doctor Who'' serial Marco Polo is set in 1289, where Doctor Who joins Marco Polo travelling along the Silk Road toward Beijing.