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==== Asia ====
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[Battle of Bạch Đằng (1288)|Battle of Bạch Đằng]]: [[Đại Việt]] ([[Vietnam]]ese) general [[Trần Hưng Đạo]] sinks the fleet of an invading Mongol-led Yuan expeditionary army (some 94,000 men). He orders the placing of steel-tipped bamboo stakes (to create an ambush) in the [[Bach Dang River]] near [[Ha Long Bay]]. This ends the intentions of [[Kublai Khan]] to conquer Vietnam and [[Champa]].<ref>Elleman, Bruce A. (2012). ''China as a Sea Power, 1127-1368: A Preliminary Survey of the Maritime Expansion and Naval Exploits of the Chinese People During the Southern Song and Yuan Periods'', pp. 236–237. Naval War College: NUS Press, {{ISBN|9789971695057}}.</ref>
* April &ndash; The Japanese era [[Kōan (Kamakura period)|Kōan]] ends and the [[Shōō (Kamakura period)|Shōō]] era begins during the reign of the 22-year-old Emperor [[Emperor Fushimi|Fushimi]] (until [[1293]]).<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kōan''" in Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 535'', p. 535, at [[Google Books]]; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'' Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at [[archive.today]].</ref>