1296 Totally Explained

Everything about 1296 totally explained

Year 1296 (MCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1296

March 30 - Edward I storms Berwick-upon-Tweed, sacking the then Scottish border town with much bloodshed. He slaughters most residents, including those who flee to the churches.
April 27 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England.
October 3 - Alauddin Khilji proclaims himself ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, as a member of the Khilji dynasty.

Undated

The Chinese diplomat Zhou Daguan spends a year at the court of the Khmer King Indravarman III at Angkor and pens a journal setting forth his observations.

King Mangrai the Great of Ngoen Yang moved his capital south by founding Chiang Mai and established Mangrai Dynasty that ruling Lanna Kingdom from 1296 to 1578.

Births

August 10 - "Blind" King John I of Bohemia (d. 1346)

December - Marjorie Bruce, only daughter of Robert I of Scotland (d. 1316)

date unknown

Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (d. 1359)
Roland of Sicily, Italian nobleman (d. 1361)

probable

Algirdas, ruler of Lithuania (d. 1377)
Blanche of Burgundy, queen consort of France (d. 1326)
Shi Naian, Chinese author (d. 1370)
Tamagusuku, ruler of Chuzan

Deaths

February 8 - King Przemysł II of Poland (b. 1257)

March 11 - John le Romeyn, Archbishop of York

May - William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke

May 19 - Pope Celestine V (b. 1215)

June 5 - Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England (born 1245)

June 27 - Floris V, Count of Holland (b. 1254)

August 8 - Hugh of Brienne, French crusader

October 9 - Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1269)

November 1 - Guillaume Durand, French canonist and writer

December - Isabella of Mar, wife of Robert I of Scotland

?December - Adam de Darlington, Bishop of Caithness

date unknown

Philippe de Rémi, sire de Beaumanoir (b. c. 1247)
Johannes Campanus, Italian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1220)
Dnyaneshwar, Hindu saint and poet (b. 1275)
Jalal ud din Firuz Khilji, founder of the Khilji dynasty in India
Odon de Pins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford

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