Events
War and Politics
★
March 30 - The
Sicilian rebellion known as the
Sicilian Vespers begins against the rule of
Angevin King
Charles I of Sicily; over the next six weeks, thousands of French are killed. The rebellion forces Charles to abandon the
Ninth Crusade while still en route to the target city of
Constantinople, and allows King
Peter III of Aragon to take over rule of the island from Charles (which in turn leads to Peter's
excommunication by
Pope Martin IV).
★ March -
Dafydd ap Gruffydd, brother to
Prince of Wales Llywelyn the Last, attacks an
English castle; his brother feels compelled to support him despite poor preparation for war, quickly leading to the final English conquest of
Wales by King
Edward I of England.
★
Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph I of Germany invests his sons
Albert I of Germany and
Rudolph II of Austria as co-rulers of the duchies of
Austria and
Styria, thus founding the
Habsburg dynasty in those territories.
★
Floris V, Count of Holland defeats the
Frisians at the battle of Vronen and retrieves the body of his father, some 26 years dead.
★
Serbian king
Stefan Dragutin of Serbia broke his leg while hunting and became ill; he hence gave the throne to his younger brother
Stefan Milutin, who became a new Serbian king.
★ Battle of
Forlì between
Guelphs and Ghibellines: the French army under
Pope Martin IV is defeated by
Guido da Montefeltro.
Culture and natural disasters
★ The technology of
watermarks is introduced by
paper manufacturers of
Bologna,
Italy.
★
Hertford College is founded at the
University of Oxford.
★ The
Archbishop of Canterbury orders all
synagogues of
London to close, and forbits
Jewish doctors from practicing on non-Jews.
★ The form for the
Trial of the Pyx, during which it is confirmed that newly-
minted coins conform to required standards, is established.
★ The most recent eruption of
Larderello, a
volcano in southern
Tuscany, is observed.
★
June 26 - Marriage of King
Denis of Portugal with
Elizabeth of Aragon in
Trancoso.
Births
★
Marguerite of France, daughter of
Philip III of France and
Queen consort of
Edward I of England (died
1317)
★ King
Oshin of Armenia (died
1320)
★
Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (died
1315)
★
Maud Chaworth, Countess of Leicester (died
1322)
★
Pope Innocent VI (died
1362)
★
Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (died
1329)
★
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (died
1347)
★
Pierre Maury, French shepherd
★
Uzbeg Khan, ruler of
Golden Horde (died
1341)
Deaths
★
9 January -
Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, Ra'îs of
Manûrqa (born
1204)
★
August 25 -
Thomas Cantilupe, English saint
★
October 13 -
Nichiren, Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism (born
1222)
★
December 11 -
Llywelyn the Last, Welsh Prince of Gwynedd (born
1228)
★
December 11 -
Michael VIII Palaeologus,
Byzantine Emperor (born
1225)
★
George Acropolites, Byzantine historian and statesman (born
1217)
★
Ahmad Fanakati, Mongol finance official
★
Owain Goch ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince
★
Abaqa Khan of the Mongol Empire (born
1234)
★
Eleanor de Montfort, last princess of Wales (born
1252)
★
Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore (born
1231)
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