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1288

For broader historical context, see 1280s and 13th century.

1288 - Events

• 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.
• 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.
• The Scottish Parliament creates a law allowing women to propose marriage to men during leap years; men who refuse such proposals are required to pay a fine to the spurned bride-to-be.
• The oldest surviving bell in the clocks atop the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome dates to 1288.
• Vietnamese general Tran Hung Dao sinks the entire fleet of an invading Yuan dynasty Mongol army by placing steel-tipped bamboo stakes in the Bach Dang River, near Halong Bay.
• The Japanese era Koan ends, and the Shōō era begins.

1288 - Births

• April 5 - Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (died 1336)
• November 26 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (died 1339)
• Gersonides, Jewish philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer (died 1344)
• Ivan I of Russia (died 1340)

1288 - Deaths

• Gertrude of Austria (born 1226)
• Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford (born 1222)
• Ibn Nafis, Arabic anatomist, discoverer of the circulation of the blood (born 1210)
• Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola (approximate date; born 1244)
• Toros Roslin, Armenian miniaturist (approximate date; born c. 1210)

Category: 1288

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