• Kublai Khan plots a third Mongol Invasion of Japan, even larger than the last two, but his plans are thwarted by a shortage of resources and internal opposition from the Chinese court.
• French king Philip IV imposes the "gabelle," an immensely unpopular state monopoly on salt which will persist until 1790.

These people were born in 1286:

• Duke of Austria Frederick I "the Handsome".

These people died in 1286:

• Scottish king Alexander III after a fall from a horse, setting up a succession dispute which would lead to civil war.

1285 - 1286 - 1287

13th century

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