What is 1289?
{{redlinks|date=February 2022}} {{Year nav|1289}} {{Year in various calendars|1289}} {{Year article header|1289}} == Events == * The 5,452 meter (17,887 feet) high [[volcano]] [[Popocatépetl]] is [[first ascent|first ascended]] by members of the Tecuanipas tribe in present-day [[Mexico]]. * [[April 27]] &ndash; [[Fall of Tripoli (1289)|Fall of Tripoli]]: [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]] sultan [[Qalawun]] captures the [[County of Tripoli]] (in present-day [[Lebanon]]) after a month-long siege, thus extinguishing the [[crusader state]]. * Prince Subaru of [[Japan]] conquers the province of Saitama. * [[June 11]] &ndash; The [[Italy|Italian]] [[Guelphs and Ghibellines|Guelph and Ghibelline]] factions fight in the [[Battle of Campaldino]]; the Guelph victory secures their position of power in [[Florence]]. * Construction of [[Conwy Castle]] was ordered by King [[Edward I of England]]. It was completed in [[Wales]]. * [[Jew]]s are expelled from [[Gascony]] and [[Anjou]] in [[France]]. * Construction of the [[Belaya Vezha, Belarus|Belaya Vezha]] tower in [[Belarus]] is completed. * [[Pope Nicholas IV]] creates the [[University of Montpellier]] in [[France]] by [[papal bull]]. This combined various existing schools into a single [[university]]. * In [[Republic of Siena|Siena]], 23 partners re-create the [[Gran Tavola]] bank. It was formerly the most successful European bank. It ceased operations after the death of its creator and manager [[Orlando Bonsignori]] in [[1273]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bowsky|first=William|title=A medieval Italian commune: Siena under the Nine, 1287-1355|year=1981|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0-520-04256-5}}</ref> * [[Franciscan]] friars begin [[missionary]] work in [[China]]. == Births == * [[October 4]] &ndash; King [[Louis X of France]] (d. [[1316]]) * [[October 6]] &ndash; King [[Wenceslaus III of Bohemia]] (d. [[1306]]) * King [[Leo IV of Armenia]] (d. [[1307]]) == Deaths == * [[:Category:1289 deaths]] * [[January 16]] &ndash; [[Buqa]], Mongol minister * [[March 12]]