What is 1285?
{{Year nav|1285}} {{Year in various calendars|1285}} {{Year article header|1285}} == Events == * [[January 6]] – Archbishop [[Jakub Swinka|Jakub Świnka]] orders all priests subject to his bishopry in [[Poland]] to deliver sermons in [[Polish language|Polish]] rather than [[German language|German]], thus further unifying the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]] in Poland and fostering a national identity. * [[April 25]] – [[Mamluk]] sultan [[Qalawun]] begins a siege of the [[Crusade]]r fortress of [[Margat]] (in present-day [[Syria]]), a major stronghold of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] thought to be impregnable; he captures the fortress a month later. * [[September 4]] – [[Roger of Lauria]] defeats King [[Philip III of France]] in a naval battle off of [[Barcelona]]. * The [[writ]] [[Circumspecte Agatis]], issued by King [[Edward I of England]], defines the jurisdictions of church and state in [[England]], thereby limiting the church's judicial powers to ecclesiastical cases only. * The [[Statutes of Westminster|Second statute of Westminster]] is passed in [[England]], reforming various laws; it includes the famous clause ''[[de donis conditionalibus]]'', considered one of the fundamental institutes of medieval law in England. * The [[England|English]] romantic poem ''[[Havelok the Dane|The Lay of Havelok the Dane]]'' is written (approximate date). * [[Tran Hung Dao]] leads [[Vietnam]]ese forces in victory over an invading [[Yuan dynasty]] [[Mongol Empire|Mongol]] army. [[Category:1285| ]]