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| Decades: 1260s 1270s 1280s - 1290s - 1300s 1310s 1320s | |
| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century | |
Events
- April - Scots take Stirling Castle from the English after a siege.
- April 1 - Kings Towne on the River Hull(Kingston upon Hull) is granted city status by Royal Charter of King Edward I of England.
- December 1 - Battle of Falconaria: Frederick II of Sicily defeats Philip I of Taranto.
- Osman I declares the independence of the Ottoman Principality.
- The House of Holland becomes extinct. The County of Holland becomes part of a personal union with the County of Hainaut.
- King Håkon V Magnusson moves the capital of Norway from Bergen to Oslo, and builds Akershus Fortress there. Norway is ruled from this fortress the next 500 years.
- A serious fire occurs at Westminster Palace.
- A Mongol khan launches a campaign into India with 200,000 men, but the sultan of Delhi defeats them.
Births
- date unknown
- Alfonso IV of Aragon (d. 1366)
- Pierre Bertrand de Colombier, French cardinal and diplomat (d. 1361)
- Dmitri of Tver, Grand Prince of Vladimir (d. 1326)
- Maria of Aragon, princess of Aragon (d. 1316)
- probable
- Ranulf Higdon, English chronicler (d. c. 1363)
- Malatesta II Malatesta, Italian condottiero (d. 1364)
Deaths
- May 17 - Daumantas of Pskov, Lithuanian prince (b. c. 1240)
- July 15 - King Eric II of Norway (b. c. 1268)
- November 10 - John I, Count of Holland (b. 1284)
- November 13 - Oliver Sutton, Bishop of Lincoln
- December 9 - Bohemond I, Archbishop of Trier
- date unknown
- John Giffard, English baron (b. 1232)
- Gottfried Hagen, German chronicler (b. 1230)
- Conrad de Lichtenberg, Bishop of Strasbourg (b. 1240)
- Nogai Khan, ruler of the Golden Horde
- Zafar Khan, Indian military leader
- probable - Nicholas of Autrecourt, French philosopher and theologian (d. c. 1369)
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