1280s
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| Centuries: | 12th century - 13th century - 14th century |
| Decades: | 1250s 1260s 1270s - 1280s - 1290s 1300s 1310s |
| Years: | 1280 1281 1282 1283 1284 1285 1286 1287 1288 1289 |
[edit] Events
- 1282 - March - Dafydd ap Gruffydd, brother to Prince of Wales Llywelyn the Last, attacks an English castle; his brother feels compelled to support him despite poor preparation for war, quickly leading to the final English conquest of Wales by King Edward I of England.
- 1286 - Prussians settled in exile in Serbia stage a famous uprising.
- 1288 - June 5 - John I of Brabant defeats the duchy of Guelders in the Battle of Worringen — one of the largest battles in Europe of the Middle Ages — thus winning possession of the duchy of Limburg. The battle also liberates the city of Cologne from rule by the Archbishopric of Cologne; it had previously been one of the major ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1288 - August 8 - Pope Nicholas IV proclaims a crusade against King Ladislaus IV of Hungary, who had lost credibility by favoring his semi-pagan Cuman subjects and in general refusing to conform to the social standards of western Europe.
