1290
year
1290 (MCCXC) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1290th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 290th year of the 2nd millennium, the 90th year of the 13th century, and the 1st year of the 1290s decade. As of the start of 1290, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1260s 1270s 1280s – 1290s – 1300s 1310s 1320s |
| Years: | 1287 1288 1289 – 1290 – 1291 1292 1293 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1290 MCCXC |
| Ab urbe condita | 2043 |
| Armenian calendar | 739 ԹՎ ՉԼԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6040 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1211–1212 |
| Bengali calendar | 697 |
| Berber calendar | 2240 |
| English Regnal year | 18 Edw. 1 – 19 Edw. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1834 |
| Burmese calendar | 652 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6798–6799 |
| Chinese calendar | 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3986 or 3926 — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3987 or 3927 |
| Coptic calendar | 1006–1007 |
| Discordian calendar | 2456 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1282–1283 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5050–5051 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1346–1347 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1211–1212 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4390–4391 |
| Holocene calendar | 11290 |
| Igbo calendar | 290–291 |
| Iranian calendar | 668–669 |
| Islamic calendar | 688–689 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōō 3 (正応３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1200–1201 |
| Julian calendar | 1290 MCCXC |
| Korean calendar | 3623 |
| Minguo calendar | 622 before ROC 民前622年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −178 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1832–1833 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 1416 or 1035 or 263 — to — 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 1417 or 1036 or 264 |
Events
change- March 1 – The University of Coimbra is founded in Lisbon, Portugal by King Denis of Portugal; it moves to Coimbra in 1308.
- July 18 – King Edward I of England banishes all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from Britain; Jews traditionally hold that this event occurs on Tisha B'Av, a sorrowful Jewish holiday.
- August 1 – The country of Wallachia is founded (traditional date).
- December – The twelve Eleanor crosses are erected between Lincolnshire and London in England as King Edward I mourns the death of his queen consort Eleanor of Castile.
- Construction of Llandaff Cathedral is completed in Cardiff, Wales, 170 years after it was begun.
- The Mongol Empire invades the Bessarabia region of Moldavia.
- The second of the Statutes of Mortmain are passed under king Edward I of England, which prevents land from passing into possession of the church. The statute Quia Emptores is also passed, reforming the feudal system of land leases and allowing the sale of fee simple estates.
- King Denis of Portugal decrees that Portuguese be the official language of Portugal, replacing classical Latin in that capacity.
- Construction on the Akershus Fortress of Oslo, Norway is begun.