1290

Events in 1290 4

• 1230 – 1290 Martín Codax Galician-Portuguese troubadour Martín Codax was a Galician-Portuguese troubadour whose seven surviving cantigas de amigo are among the most celebrated examples of medieval Iberian lyric poetry.
• 1240 – 1290 Magnus Ladulås Barn-lock Known for the Ordinance of Alsnö, which exempted the nobility from taxes in exchange for heavy cavalry service.
• 1290 – 1355 Johannes de Muris French music theorist and mathematician Johannes de Muris was a leading music theorist of the Ars Nova period whose mathematical approach to rhythm helped define 14th-century musical notation.
• 1290 – present University of Coimbra Historic Education One of the oldest universities in continuous operation in the world and a UNESCO site.