1287


Year 1287 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Africa

Arts and culture

  • The Altar of St. James in Pistoia Cathedral, Italy - a masterwork of the silversmithing trade containing nearly a ton of silver - is begun; it will not be completed for nearly 200 years.

    Economics

  • The Italian city of Siena exacts a forced loan on its taxpayers for the first time, a common feature of medieval public finance.

    Religion

  • Construction on Uppsala Cathedral in Sweden begins,.

Births