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For broader historical context, see 1280s and 13th century.
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| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century 1287 state leaders | |
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Events
Europe
- January 17 - King Alfonso III of Aragon captures the island of Minorca from the Moors.
- December 14 - A fringing barrier between the North Sea and a shallow lake in Holland collapses during a heavy storm, causing the fifth largest flood in recorded history which creates the Zuider Zee inlet and kills over 50,000 people; it also gives sea access to Amsterdam, allowing its development as an important port city.
- The English city of Old Winchelsea on Romney Marsh is destroyed by catastrophic flooding during a severe storm; a new town of the same name is later constructed some two miles away on higher ground.
- The Altar of St. James at the Cathedral of San Zeno in Pistoia, Italy — a masterwork of the silversmithing trade containing nearly a ton of silver — is begun; it will not be completed for nearly 200 years.
- King Edward I of England arrests the heads of Jewish households, and demands their communities pay hefty ransoms for their release.
- Construction on the Cathedral of Uppsala is begun; it will not be completed until 1435.
Asia
- Mamluk sultan Qalawun captures the port city of Latakia in present-day Syria.
- Mongol Ilhan Arghun Khan dispatches Rabban Bar Sauma to the leaders of Europe to negotiate an alliance against Muslim states, specifically the Mamluk sultanate of Egypt.
- Kings Mengrai of the Lanna kingdom and Ramkhamhaeng the Great of the Sukhothai kingdom agree to a peace pact in their region of southeast Asia (present-day Thailand).
- The Theravada Buddhist kingdom at Pagan, Myanmar falls to the invading Mongol Empire in the Battle of Pagan.
Births
- January 24 - Richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (d. 1345)
- April 25 - Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (d. 1330)
- Wang Mian, Chinese painter (d. 1359)
Deaths
- April 3 - Pope Honorius IV (b. c. 1210)
- August 31 - Konrad von Würzburg, German poet
- October 19 - Count Bohemund VII of Tripoliaf:1287
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