1290

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century 13th century 14th century
Decades:	1270s 1280s 1290s 1300s 1310s
Years:	1287 1288 1289 1290 1291 1292 1293

1290 in various calendars

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) 3987 or 3780     — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3988 or 3781
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

Year 1290 (MCCXC) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

• Year without winter – Exceptionally rare instance of uninterrupted transition from autumn 1289 to following spring in Britain and mainland western Europe.
• 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 orders all Jews (then numbering around 16,000) to leave England by November 1 (All Saints Day); on the Hebrew calendar this is Tisha B'Av, a day that commemorates many calamities.
• 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.
• December 18 – Upon the death of Magnus III, he is succeeded by his 10-year-old son Birger as king of Sweden. Although Sweden is an elective monarchy at this time, Birger has been appointed heir to the throne already in 1284.
• Construction of Llandaff Cathedral is completed in Cardiff, Wales, 170 years after it was begun.
• The Mongol Golden Horde 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.

Asia

• September 27 – An earthquake in the Gulf of Chili, province of Hebei, China, kills an estimated 100,000.
• The founding Mamluk dynasty of the Sultanate of Delhi is overthrown by Jalal-ud-din Feroz Khalji of the Khilji dynasty.

Births

• August 4 – Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)
• Margaret of Burgundy (d. 1315)
• Jean de Muris, French philosopher and mathematician (d. 1351)

Deaths

• January 28 – Dervorguilla of Galloway, mother of king John I of Scotland (b. c. 1210)
• May 10 – Rudolph II, duke of Austria 1282–1283 (b. 1270)
• June 8 – Beatrice Portinari, object of Dante Alighieri's adoration (b. 1266)
• June 23 – Henry IV Probus, duke of Wrocław since 1266 and high duke of Kraków since 1268 (b. c. 1258)
• July 10 – Ladislaus IV, king of Hungary since 1272 (b. 1262)
• November 10 – Al Mansur Qalawun, Sultan of Egypt since 1279 (b. c. 1222)
• November 28 – Eleanor of Castile, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1241)
• December 18 – Magnus III, king of Sweden since 1275 (b. 1240)
• Gregory II, Patriarch of Constantinople 1283–1289 (b. 1241)