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'Years:' 1290 1291 1292 - '1293' - 1294 1295 1296

'Decades:' 1260s 1270s 1280s - '1290s' - 1300s 1310s 1320s

'Centuries:' 12th century - '13th century' - 14th century

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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ May 20 - King Sancho IV of Castile creates the ''Studium General'', forerunner to the modern Complutense University of Madrid.

★ May 26 - An earthquake in Kamakura, Japan kills an estimated 30,000.

★ December - Mamluk sultan of Egypt Khalil is assassinated by his regent Baydara, who briefly claims the sultanate before being assassinated himself by a rival political faction.

★ Torkel Knutsson leads Sweden in beginning the Third Swedish Crusade against unchristianized Finnish Karelia.

★ Dante Alighieri completes the book of verse ''La Vita Nuova''.

★ The Hindu Majapahit Empire of the Malay archipelago is founded by Kertarajasa, who exploits internal conflict and Mongol intervention to defeat the Singhasari kingdom and establish the empire.

★ The Japanese era Shōō ends, and the Einin era begins.

Births

★ Margaret de Clare, English noblewoman (died 1342)

★ Felim mac Aedh Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht (died 1316)

★ Philip V of France (died 1322)

★ Philip VI of France (died 1350)

★ John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic (approximate date; died 1381)

★ Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland (died 1326)

Deaths

★ May 2 - Meir of Rothenburg, German rabbi (born c. 1215)

★ Henry of Ghent, philosopher (born c. 1217)

★ Khalil, Mamluk sultan of Egypt

★ David VI Narin, King of Georgia (born 1225)

★ Dmitri of Pereslavl, Grand Duke of Vladimir-Suzdal

★ William of Rubruck, Franciscan missionary (approximate date; born c. 1220)