1288
year
1288 (MCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1288th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 288th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 13th century, and the 9th year of the 1280s decade. As of the start of 1288, 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: | 1250s 1260s 1270s – 1280s – 1290s 1300s 1310s |
| Years: | 1285 1286 1287 – 1288 – 1289 1290 1291 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1288 MCCLXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2041 |
| Armenian calendar | 737 ԹՎ ՉԼԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6038 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1209–1210 |
| Bengali calendar | 695 |
| Berber calendar | 2238 |
| English Regnal year | 16 Edw. 1 – 17 Edw. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1832 |
| Burmese calendar | 650 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6796–6797 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3984 or 3924 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3985 or 3925 |
| Coptic calendar | 1004–1005 |
| Discordian calendar | 2454 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1280–1281 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5048–5049 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1344–1345 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1209–1210 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4388–4389 |
| Holocene calendar | 11288 |
| Igbo calendar | 288–289 |
| Iranian calendar | 666–667 |
| Islamic calendar | 686–687 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōan 11 / Shōō 1 (正応元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1198–1199 |
| Julian calendar | 1288 MCCLXXXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3621 |
| Minguo calendar | 624 before ROC 民前624年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −180 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1830–1831 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 1414 or 1033 or 261 — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 1415 or 1034 or 262 |
Events
change- 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 Cuman subjects and in general refusing to conform to the social standards of western Europe.
- The Scots Parliament creates a law allowing women to propose marriage to men during leap years; men who refuse such proposals are required to pay a fine to the spurned bride-to-be.
- The oldest surviving bell in the clocks atop the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome dates to 1288.
- Vietnamese general Tran Hung Dao sinks the entire fleet of an invading Yuan dynasty Mongol army by placing steel-tipped bamboo stakes in the Bach Dang River, near Halong Bay.
- The Japanese era Koan ends, and the Shōō era begins.