January 6 – The 17-year-old
Philip IV (the Fair) is crowned king of
France at
Reims. He settles the Aragonese conflict (see
1285), and intensifies his predecessors' efforts to reform and rationalize the administration of the realm. Philip persists in reforms, which strengthen the monarchy's position in
Europe. The
gabelle – a tax on
salt in the form of a
state monopoly – will become immensely unpopular and grossly unequal, but persist until
1790.[1]
June – King
Edward I (Longshanks) and Queen
Eleanor of Castile travel to France. There they pay homage to Philip IV (the Fair) and attend to other matters. Edward travels around in the duchy of
Gascony and orders the rebuilding of fortifications in the region (between 1286 and 1289).
Levant
June 4 – The 15-year-old
Henry II sails from
Cyprus and lands in
Acre, but is refused entry into the citadel. There, he stays for six weeks in the palace to negotiate an agreement to take over the city from the Angevins.[6]
August 15 – Henry II is crowned king of
Jerusalem at
Tyre. After the ceremony, he returns to Acre for the festivities. A few weeks later, Henry returns to Cyprus and appoints his uncle
Philip of Ibelin as
regent (
bailiff).[7]
In the
Lao kingdom of
Muang Sua, King Panya Leng is overthrown in a
coup d'état led by his son, Prince Panya Khamphong, which is likely to have been supported by the Mongol-led
Yuan Dynasty in
China.
^Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre, p. 332.
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^Meynier, Gilbert (2010). L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte;;. p. 158.
ISBN978-2-7071-5231-2.