1289
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| Years: 1286 1287 1288 - 1289 - 1290 1291 1292 | |
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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.
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.
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