1287

1281 1282 1283 1284 1285 1286 1287 1288 1289 1290

political events

Pro-imperial Ghibellines at Arezzo oust pro-papal Guelphs, who go into exile at Florence (see 1289). Milan's archbishop Ottone Visconti has his Ghibelline great-nephew Matteo Visconti, 32, elected captain of the people (see 1277; 1302).

Aragon's nobility forces the new king Alfonso III to grant it major royal prerogratives in the Privilegio de la Unión. Alfonso's recognition of the nobility's right to rebel will make anarchy permanent in Aragon.

Burma's king Narathihapate is assassinated by his son (see 1283). The patricide will reign until 1289 but fail to thwart the invading Mongols (see 1289).

The Indian slave dynasty sultan dies after a 21-year reign (see Khalji dynasty, 1290).

Mongol forces resume their campaign against Vietnam (see 1284). Tran Hung Dao avoids a pitched battle and allows the Chinese to occupy the capital, but he uses the cause of foreign invasion to unite and mobilize the entire population and will take the offensive next year (see 1288).

religion

Pope Honorius IV dies at his native Rome April 3 at age 76 (approximate) after a 2-year reign in which he has vied with Pedro III of Aragon in an effort to restore Sicily to papal vassalage, favored the mendicant orders, and promoted the study of Oriental languages at the University of Paris as a means of reuniting the Western and Eastern churches. Honorius will not be replaced until 1289.

environment

The Zuider Zee seawall collapses in the Lowlands December 14, letting the North Sea rush in and kill 50,000 people.

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Construction

Work is completed on Conwy Castle in Wales, part of Edward I's Iron Ring. See also 1285 Construction; 1295 Construction.

Years: 1284 1285 1286 - 1287 - 1288 1289 1290

Decades: 1250s 1260s 1270s - 1280s - 1290s 1300s 1310s

Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

1287 by topic

Politics

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1287 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1287 MCCLXXXVII
Ab urbe condita	2040
Armenian calendar	736 ԹՎ ՉԼԶ
Bahá'í calendar	-557 – -556
Buddhist calendar	1831
Chinese calendar	3923/3983-12-16 (丙戌年十二月十六日) — to — 3924/3984-11-26 (丁亥年十一月廿六日)
Coptic calendar	1003 – 1004
Ethiopian calendar	1279 – 1280
Hebrew calendar	5047 – 5048
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1342 – 1343
- Shaka Samvat	1209 – 1210
- Kali Yuga	4388 – 4389
Holocene calendar	11287
Iranian calendar	665 – 666
Islamic calendar	685 – 686
Japanese calendar
- Imperial Year	Kōki 1947 (皇紀1947年)
Julian calendar	1332
Korean calendar	3620
Thai solar calendar	1830

Construction of the Uppsala Cathedral began in 1287.

Events

Europe

• January 17 - The treaty of San Agayz is signed. King Alfonso III of Aragon conquers 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.
• Third Mongol Golden Horde attack against Poland, led by khan Talabuga and Nogai Khan. Lublin, Mazovia, Sandomierz and Sieradz was ravaged by the invaders, who were defeated in Kraków.
• The first appearance of Bruntal coat of arms

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 writer and bishop (died 1345)
• April 25 - Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (died 1330)
• Robert III of Artois

Deaths

• April 3 - Pope Honorius IV
• August 31 - Konrad von Würzburg, German poet
• October 19 - Bohemund VII of Tripoli
• Llywelyn ap Dafydd, a Welsh prince, in his prison at Bristol Castle.
• Hu Sansheng, Chinese historian (born 1230)map-bms:1287be-x-old:1287bpy:মারি ১২৮৭new:१२८७nrm:1287ksh:Joohr 1287zea:1287

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