On This Day

Year 1290 in History

Events in History

  • Apr 20 Round Table tournament held near Winchester, England, in imitation of King Arthur, to commemorate betrothal of daughter of Edward I, and attended by the king
  • Jul 18 King Edward I orders expulsion of Jews from England, this edict will remain in place for 350 years
  • Sep 27 Earthquake in the Gulf of Chihli (Bohai Sea) near China, reportedly kills 100,000 people
  • Oct 9 Last of 16,000 Jews expelled by King Edward I leave England

Historical Figures Born in 1290

  • Aug 4 Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)

Historical Marriages

  • Apr 30 Joan of Acre (18), daughter of Edward I marries (1) Gilbert de Clare, Duke of Hertford at Westminster Abbey.
  • Jul 8 Princess Margaret (15), daughter of Edward I of England marries John II of Brabant at Westminster Abbey
  • Aug 16 Charles of Valois, son of King Philip III of France weds Margaret of Anjou, daughter of King Charles II of Naples

Historical Figures Who Died in 1290

  • May 10 Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)
  • Jul 10 King Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)
  • Nov 28 Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)
  • Dec 18 King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)


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