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1289

EVENTS

Europe

June 11 - The Italian Guelph And Ghibelline factions fight in the Battle Of Campaldino ; the Guelph victory secures their position of power in Florence .

Pope Nicholas IV formally constitutes the University Of Montpellier in France by Papal Bull , combining various existing schools under the mantle of a single University .

Construction of Conwy Castle , ordered by King Edward I Of England , is completed in Wales .

Jew s are expelled from Gascony and Anjou in France .

Construction of the Belaya Vezha tower in Belarus is completed.

Asia

April 27 - Mamluk sultan Qalawun captures the County Of Tripoli (in present-day Lebanon ) after a month-long siege, thus extinguishing the Crusader State .

Franciscan friars begin Missionary work in China .

North America

The 5,452 meter (17,887 feet) high Volcano Popocatépetl is First Ascended by members of the Tecuanipas tribe in present-day Mexico .

BIRTHS

October 4 - King Louis X Of France (died 1316 )

October 6 - King Wenceslaus III Of Bohemia (died 1306 )

King Leo IV Of Armenia (died 1307 )

DEATHS

March 12 - King Demetre II Of Georgia (born 1259 )

King Leo III Of Armenia

Petrus De Dacia , Swedish monk and author

Ugolino Della Gherardesca

Ippen , Japanese monk (born 1239 )

Gruffydd Fychan I , last ruling prince of Powys Fadog .

IN FICTION

The '' Doctor Who '' serial Marco Polo is set in 1289, where Doctor Who joins Marco Polo travelling along the Silk Road toward Beijing .