Year 1296 ( MCCXCVI) was a

leap year starting on Sunday A leap year starting on Sunday is any year with 366 days (i.e. it includes 29 February) that begins on Sunday, 1 January, and ends on Monday, 31 December. Its dominical letters hence are AG. The most recent year of such kind was 2012, and the next ...

of the

Julian calendar The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception). The Julian calendar is still used as a religious calendar in parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church and in parts ...

Events

January–December

* March 30 – Capture of Berwick: King

Edward I of England Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots (Latin: Malleus Scotorum), was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 ...

storms and captures Berwick-upon-Tweed, sacking what is at this time a Scottish border town, with much bloodshed. He slaughters most of the residents, including those who flee to the churches. * April 12 – King Mangrai the Great of Ngoenyang establishes a new capital by founding Chiangmai, and founds the Mangrai Dynasty, that will rule the Lanna Kingdom of Chiangmai from 1296 to 1578 (the 700th Anniversary Stadium will be built in remembrance of this foundation). * April 27 – Battle of Dunbar: John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey. * July 20 – Jalal ud din Firuz Khalji dies, and his nephew and son-in-law Ala-Ud-Din-Khalji comes to the throne of the

Delhi Sultanate The Delhi Sultanate or the Sultanate of Delhi was a Medieval India, late medieval empire primarily based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for more than three centuries.

in Hindustan, becoming the most powerful ruler of his dynasty. * October 21 – The formal coronation of Alauddin Khalji as Sultan of Delhi takes place, and he takes the regnal name Muhammad Shah I.

Date unknown

* Boniface of Verona expels the Byzantines from their last remaining strongholds on Euboea. * Chinese diplomat Zhou Daguan spends a year at the court of Khmer King Indravarman III at

Angkor Angkor ( , 'capital city'), also known as Yasodharapura (; ),Headly, Robert K.; Chhor, Kylin; Lim, Lam Kheng; Kheang, Lim Hak; Chun, Chen. 1977. ''Cambodian-English Dictionary''. Bureau of Special Research in Modern Languages. The Catholic Uni ...

, and pens a journal setting forth his observations. * ''approximate date'' – Tarabya, self-proclaimed king of Pegu, is defeated in single combat on war elephants by Wareru.

Births

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

December December is the twelfth and final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. December's name derives from the Latin word ''decem'' (meaning ten) because it was originally the tenth month of the year in t ...

– Marjorie Bruce, Scottish princess, only daughter of Robert I of Scotland (d. 1316) * ''date unknown'' ** Charles of Taranto (d. 1315) ** Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (d. 1359) ** Roland of Sicily, Italian nobleman (d. 1361) * ''probable'' **

Algirdas Algirdas (; , ; – May 1377) was List of Lithuanian monarchs, Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377. With the help of his brother Kęstutis (who defended the western border of the Duchy) he created an empire stretching from the pre ...

, ruler of Lithuania (d. 1377) ** Blanche of Burgundy, queen consort of France (d.

1326 Year 1326 (Roman numerals, MCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. Events January – March * January 21 – The foundation of Oriel College, Oxford, Oriel College (or King's College), the University ...

) ** Shi Naian, Chinese author (d. 1370) ** Tamagusuku, ruler of Chuzan

Deaths

February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. * 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of ...

– King Przemysł II of Poland (b. 1257) *

March 11 Events Pre-1600 * 843 – Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire. * 1343 – Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last Bishop of Prague (3 March 13 ...

– John le Romeyn, Archbishop of York * March 24 – Odon de Pins, French Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller * 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 Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272. The son of John, King of England, King John and Isabella of Ang ...

(b. 1245) * June 27 – Floris V, Count of Holland (b. 1254) * August 7 – Heinrich II von Rotteneck, prince-bishop of Regensburg * August 9 – Hugh, Count of Brienne, French crusader * October 9 – Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (b.

1269 Year 1269 (Roman numerals, MCCLXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * June 16 – Battle of Colle Val d'Elsa: Guelph forces (2,200 men) led by King Charles I of Anjou defeat th ...

) * November 1 – Guillaume Durand, French canonist and writer *

** Isabella of Mar, Scottish countess, spouse of Robert I of Scotland ** Adam de Darlington, Bishop of Caithness (approximate date) * ''date unknown'' ** Philippe de Rémi, French lawyer and royal official (b. c. 1247) ** Campanus of Novara, Italian astronomer and mathematician (b. c. 1220) ** Dnyaneshwar, Hindu saint and poet (b. 1275) ** Jalal ud din Firuz Khalji, founder of the Khalji dynasty in India ** Tarabya of Pegu, self-proclaimed ruler ** Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford (b. c.1240)

References

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