1292

Events of 1292

• November 17 - (Julian calendar) John Balliol is selected by King Edward I of England as King of Scotland from among 13 candidates; Edward then treats John as a puppet ruler and Scotland as a vassal state, eventually provoking the Wars of Scottish Independence, commencing in 1296.

Undated

• King Mangrai the Great of Ngoen Yang conquested and annexed the Mon kingdom of Haripunchai, created a political union in the form of the Lanna kingdom.
• The Vaghela dynasty in Gujarat is subjugated by the Deccan Yadava dynasty of Daulatabad.
• Mamluk sultan of Egypt Khalil invades the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
• The Turkish emirate of Candaroglu is founded in the Kastamonu Province.
• The Mongols land on Java, taking the capital, but it proves impossible to hold.

Births

• January 20 - Elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330)
• Henry Burghersh, English statesman (d. 1340)
• John VI Cantacuzenus, Byzantine emperor (approximate date; d. 1383)
• Eleanor de Clare, English noblewoman (d. 1337)

Also see 1292 births.

Deaths

• April 4 - Pope Nicholas IV (b. 1227)
• July 13 - or 16 - Jacobus de Voragine, Italian chronicler (b. 1230)
• October 25 - Robert Burnell, Lord Chancellor of England
• Abulafia, Spanish kabbalist (approximate date; b. 1240)
• Marjorie of Carrick, 3rd Countess of Carrick (b. 1256)
• Vakhtang II of Georgia
• John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Lucia of Tripoli (approximate date)

Also see 1292 deaths.

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