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Tsar
Chaka&o=10616
Tsar Chaka&o=10616
1300
Year
1300
was a
leap year starting on Friday
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar
.
Events of 1300
February 22
- The
Jubilee
of
Pope
Boniface VIII
is celebrated. It is at this celebration that
Giovanni Villani
decides to write his
universal history
of
Florence
, the
Cronica
.
March 10
- Wardrobe accounts of
King
Edward I of England
(aka Edward Longshanks) include a reference to a game called
creag
being played at the town of
Newenden
in
Kent
. It is generally agreed that
creag
was an early form of
cricket
(see also
History of cricket to 1696
).
March 25
-
Dante
descends to the
Inferno
in
The Divine Comedy
.
April 12
-
Remus Halifax
is born.
June 15
- The city of
Bilbao
is founded.
Undated
Money
from
Florence
,
Italy
becomes the first international currency.
Philip IV of France
begins his attempt to annex
Flanders
.
Wenceslas II of Bohemia
becomes King of
Poland
.
A
census
in
Imperial
China
finds that it has roughly 60 million inhabitants (having lost 20 million after nearly a century of
Mongolian
conquests).
The
Tuareg
establish a state centered on
Agadez
.
Amsterdam
is officially declared a city.
Jacob ben Machir
is appointed
dean
of the medical school at
Montpellier
.
Births
March 21
-
Henry Suso
, German mystic (d.
1366
)
June 1
-
Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk
, son of
Edward I of England
(d.
1338
)
September 27
-
Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine
(d.
1327
)
date unknown
John III, Duke of Brabant
(d.
1355
)
Jean Buridan
, French philosopher and religious skeptic (d.
1358
)
Khutughtu Khan, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan
, ruler of the Mongol Empire (d.
1329
)
Chihab Addine Abul-Abbas Ahmad ben Fadhl Al-Umari
, Arab historian (d.
1384
)
Robert, Count of Burgundy
(d.
1315
)
probable
Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro
, Augustinian monk (d.
1342
)
Geoffroi de Charny
, French knight and chivalric writer (d.
1356
)
Richard FitzRalph
, Archbishop of Armagh (d.
1360
)
Taddeo Gaddi
, Italian painter and architect (d.
1366
)
John of Winterthur
, Swiss historian
Laurence Minot
, English poet (d.
1352
)
Also see alphabetical
1300 births
.
Deaths
May 2
-
Blanche of Artois
, regent of Navarre
July 18
-
Gerard Segarelli
, founder of the Apostolic Brethren (burned at stake)
August 29
-
Guido Cavalcanti
, Italian poet (b.
1250
)
?September -
Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall
(b.
1249
)
December -
Jean de Montfort-Castres
, Count of Squillace
date unknown
Tsar Chaka
, Mongol ruler of Bulgaria
Tran Hung Dao
, Vietnamese general
Jacob van Maerlant
, Flemish poet
Richard Middleton
, English theologian and philosopher
William of Nangis
, French chronicler
Munio de Zamora
, General of the Dominican Order
Also see alphabetical
1300 deaths
.
Notes
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)
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.
Last updated on Monday July 14, 2008 at 15:46:18 PDT (GMT -0700)
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