1290
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Centuries: | 12th century - 13th century - 14th century |
Decades: | 1260s 1270s 1280s - 1290s - 1300s 1310s 1320s |
Years: | 1287 1288 1289 - 1290 - 1291 1292 1293 |
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Literature - Music - Science |
Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
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Year 1290 (MCCXC) was a common year starting on Sunday [1] (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1290
[edit] Europe
- March 1 - The University of Coimbra is founded in Lisbon, Portugal by King Denis of Portugal; it moves to Coimbra in 1308.
- July 18 - King Edward I of England banishes all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England; on the Hebrew calendar this is Tisha B'Av, a day that commemorates many calamities.
- August 1 - The country of Wallachia is founded (traditional date).
- December - The twelve Eleanor crosses are erected between Lincolnshire and London in England as King Edward I mourns the death of his queen consort Eleanor of Castile.
- Construction of Llandaff Cathedral is completed in Cardiff, Wales, 170 years after it was begun.
- The Mongol Empire invades the Bessarabia region of Moldavia.
- The second of the Statutes of Mortmain are passed under King Edward I of England, which prevents land from passing into possession of the church. The statute Quia Emptores is also passed, reforming the feudal system of land leases and allowing the sale of fee simple estates.
- King Denis of Portugal decrees that Portuguese be the official language of Portugal, replacing classical Latin in that capacity.
- Construction on the Akershus Fortress of Oslo, Norway is begun.
- A silver disc is first reported flying over a village in Yorkshire.
[edit] Asia
- September 27 - An earthquake in the Gulf of Chili, province of Hebei, China, kills an estimated 100,000.
- The founding Mamluk dynasty of the Sultanate of Delhi is overthrown by Jalal-ud-din Feroz Khalji of the Khilji dynasty.
Gregorian calendar | 1290 MCCXC |
Ab urbe condita | 2043 |
Armenian calendar | 739 ԹՎ ՉԼԹ |
Bahá'í calendar | -554 – -553 |
Berber calendar | 2240 |
Buddhist calendar | 1834 |
Burmese calendar | 652 |
Byzantine calendar | 6798 – 6799 |
Chinese calendar | 己丑年十一月十九日 (3926/3986-11-19) — to —
庚寅年十一月廿九日(3927/3987-11-29) |
Coptic calendar | 1006 – 1007 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1282 – 1283 |
Hebrew calendar | 5050 – 5051 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1345 – 1346 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1212 – 1213 |
- Kali Yuga | 4391 – 4392 |
Holocene calendar | 11290 |
Iranian calendar | 668 – 669 |
Islamic calendar | 688 – 689 |
Japanese calendar | |
Korean calendar | 3623 |
Thai solar calendar | 1833 |
[edit] Births
- August 4 - Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)
- Margaret of Burgundy (d. 1315)
- Jean de Muris, French philosopher and mathematician (d. 1351)
- Also see Category:1290 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 28 - Dervorguilla of Galloway
- May 10 - Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)
- July 10 - Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)
- November 10 - Qalawun, Sultan of Egypt
- November 28 - Eleanor of Castile, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1241)
- December 18 - Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)
- Gregory II of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1241)
- Beatrice Portinari, object of Dante Alighieri's adoration (b. 1266)
- Henry IV of Silesia
- Also see Category:1290 deaths.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Calendar - Portugal - 1290" (Julian calendar), Time and Date AS / Steffen Thorsen, 2008, webpage: TimeandDate-calendar-1290-Portugal.