1289
Events
The 5,452 meter (17,887 feet) high volcano Popocatepetl is first ascended by members of the Tecuanipas tribe in present-day Mexico.
April 27 - Fall of Tripoli: Mamluk sultan Qalawun captures the County of Tripoli (in present-day Lebanon) after a month-long siege, thus extinguishing the crusader state.
Prince Subaru of Japan conquers the province of Saitama.
June 11 - The Italian Guelph and Ghibelline factions fight in the Battle of Campaldino; the Guelph victory secures their position of power in Florence.
Construction of Conwy Castle was ordered by King Edward I of England. It was completed in Wales.
Jews are expelled from Gascony and Anjou in France.
Construction of the Belaya Vezha tower in Belarus is completed.
Pope Nicholas IV creates the University of Montpellier in France by papal bull. This combined various existing schools into a single university.
In Siena, 23 partners re-create the Gran Tavola bank. It was formerly the most successful European bank. It ceased operations after the death of its creator and manager Orlando Bonsignori in 1273.
Franciscan friars begin missionary work in China.
Births
October 4 - King Louis X of France (d. 1316) October 6 - King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) King Leo IV of Armenia (d. 1307)
Deaths: Category: 1289 deaths
January 16 - Buqa, Mongol minister
March 12 - King Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259) King Leo III of Armenia
Petrus de Dacia, Swedish monk and writer
Ugolino della Gherardesca
Ippen, Japanese monk (b. 1239) Gruffydd Fychan I, last ruling prince of Powys Fadog
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