What is 1288?
{{Year nav|1288}} {{Year in various calendars|1288}} {{Year article header|1288}} == Events == * [[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]]. * [[August 8]] – [[Pope Nicholas IV]] proclaims a crusade against King [[Ladislaus IV of Hungary]], who had lost credibility by favoring his semi-pagan [[Cumans|Cuman]] subjects and in general refusing to conform to the social standards of western Europe. * The [[Parliament of Scotland|Scots Parliament]] creates a law allowing women to propose [[marriage]] to men during [[leap year]]s; men who refuse such proposals are required to pay a fine to the spurned bride-to-be. * The oldest surviving [[bell (instrument)|bell]] in the clocks atop the dome of [[St. Peter's Basilica]] in [[Rome]] dates to 1288. * [[Vietnam]]ese general [[Tran Hung Dao]] sinks the entire fleet of an invading [[Yuan dynasty]] [[Mongol Empire|Mongol]] army by placing steel-tipped bamboo stakes in the [[Bach Dang]] River, near [[Halong Bay]]. * The [[Japanese era name|Japanese era]] [[Koan (first)|Koan]] ends, and the [[Shoo|Shōō]] era begins. [[Category:1288| ]]