| Years: 1285 1286 1287 - 1288 - 1289 1290 1291 | |
| Decades: 1250s 1260s 1270s - 1280s - 1290s 1300s 1310s | |
| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century | |
| 1288 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Births – Deaths – Works | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1288 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1288 MCCLXXXVIII
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| Ab urbe condita | 2041 |
| Armenian calendar | 737 ԹՎ ՉԼԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -556 – -555 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1832 |
| Coptic calendar | 1004 – 1005 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1280 – 1281 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5048 – 5049 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1343 – 1344 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1210 – 1211 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4389 – 4390 |
| Holocene calendar | 11288 |
| Iranian calendar | 666 – 667 |
| Islamic calendar | 686 – 687 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1948 (皇紀1948年) |
| Julian calendar | 1333 |
| Korean calendar | 3621 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1831 |
Events[]
- February 22 - Pope Nicholas IV succeeds Pope Honorius IV as the 191st pope.
- 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.
- June 16 - The bishop of Västerås buys 1/8 of the Stora Kopparberg copper mine in Falun, Sweden.
- 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 Scots 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.
- Work is begun on the construction of Mob Quad in Merton College.
- 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.
- Japan: Prince Subaru conquers the provinces of Gunma and Tochigi.
- The oldest known bronze handgun in the world is dated to this year, a Chinese gun found in Acheng District that was once used to suppress the rebellion of the Christian Mongol Prince Nayan in 1287-1288.
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)
Deaths[]
- Gertrude of Austria (born 1226)
- Richard de Clare (born 1222)
- Ibn Nafis, Arabic anatomist, discoverer of the circulation of the blood (born 1210)
- Guy de Montfort (approximate date; born 1244)
- Toros Roslin, Armenian miniaturist (approximate date; born c. 1210)
- Leszek II the Black, Polish prince, Duke of Łęczyca, Sieradz, Kraków, Sandomierz (born 1241)
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People of the year 1288 at Familypedia
20 people were born in 1288
7 children were born to the 6 women born in 1288
25 people died in 1288
1006 people lived in 1288
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14 people were married in 1288.
There were 1 military battles in 1288.
| Event date | |
|---|---|
| Battle of Worringen | 5 June 1288 JL |