1289
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| Years: 1286 1287 1288 - 1289 - 1290 1291 1292 |
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| Decades: 1250s 1260s 1270s - 1280s - 1290s 1300s 1310s |
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| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century |
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| 1289 by topic | |
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| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1289 MCCLXXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2042 |
| Armenian calendar | 738 ԹՎ ՉԼԸ |
| Chinese calendar | 3925/3985-12-8 (戊子年十二月初八日) — to —
3926/3986-11-18(己丑年十一月十八日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1281 – 1282 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5049 – 5050 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1344 – 1345 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1211 – 1212 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4390 – 4391 |
| Iranian calendar | 667 – 668 |
| Islamic calendar | 688 – 689 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1949 (皇紀1949年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11289 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1832 |
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[edit] Events
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
