Editing 1296 (section)

== Events ==

=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[March 30]] &ndash; [[Capture of Berwick (1296)|Capture of Berwick]]: King [[Edward I of England]] storms and captures [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]], sacking what is at this time a [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scottish]] border town, with much bloodshed. He slaughters most of the residents, including those who flee to the churches.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/andrew-marshall-berwick-massacre-must-be-remembered-too-1-2877970|title=Andrew Marshall: Berwick Massacre must be remembered too|last=Marshall|first=Andrew|date=4 April 2013|website=The Berwickshire News|language=en|access-date=2019-02-22|archive-date=February 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223074354/https://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/andrew-marshall-berwick-massacre-must-be-remembered-too-1-2877970|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[April 12]] &ndash; 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).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6003/|title=Monuments, Sites and Cultural Landscape of Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna|date=2 September 2015|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|language=en|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref>
* [[April 27]] &ndash; [[Battle of Dunbar (1296)|Battle of Dunbar]]: [[John Balliol]]'s Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by [[John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey]].<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL31|desc=Battle of Dunbar I|access-date=June 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=czN1Upfa8PIC&q=battle+of+dunbar+1296&pg=PA28|title=The History of Dunbar: From the Earliest Records to the Present Time: with a Description of the Ancient Castles and Picturesque Scenery on the Borders of East Lothian|last=Miller|first=James|publisher=James Downie|year=1859|location=London|pages=28–30|language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 20]] &ndash; [[Jalal ud din Firuz Khalji]] dies, and his nephew and son-in-law [[Alauddin Khalji|Ala-Ud-Din-Khalji]] comes to the throne of the [[Delhi Sultanate]] in [[Hindustan]], becoming the most powerful ruler of his dynasty.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8XnaL7zPXPUC&q=Alauddin+Khilji&pg=PA43|title=History of Medieval India: From 1000 A.D. to 1707 A.D.|last=Chaurasia|first=Radhey Shyam|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributors|year=2002|isbn=9788126901234|location=New Delhi|pages=31|language=en}}</ref>
* [[October 21]] &ndash; The formal coronation of [[Alauddin Khalji]] as Sultan of Delhi takes place, and he takes the regnal name Muhammad Shah I.<ref>S. B. Bhattacherje, ''Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates'' (Sterling Publishers, 2009)  p.A34</ref>

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Boniface of Verona]] expels the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] from their last remaining strongholds on [[Euboea]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hh0Bu8C66TsC&q=1296|title=The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest|last=Fine|first=John Van Antwerp|publisher=University of Michigan Press|year=2006|isbn=9780472082605|location=Ann Arbor|pages=244|language=en|orig-year=1987}}</ref>
* Chinese diplomat [[Zhou Daguan]] spends a year at the court of [[Khmer people|Khmer]] King [[Indravarman III]] at [[Angkor]], and pens a journal setting forth his observations.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6QPWXrCCzBIC&q=Zhou+Daguan+1296&pg=PA197|title=Transnationalism in Ancient and Medieval Societies: The Role of Cross-Border Trade and Travel|last=Howard|first=Michael C.|publisher=McFarland|year=2012|isbn=9780786490332|location=Jefferson, NC|pages=197|language=en}}</ref>
* ''approximate date'' &ndash; [[Tarabya of Pegu|Tarabya]], self-proclaimed [[List of rulers of Pegu|king of Pegu]], is defeated in single combat on war elephants by [[Wareru]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vmIVhKXwrFcC&q=Wareru+Tarabya+elephant&pg=PA110|title=History of Burma: From the Earliest Time to 1824 A.D., the Beginning of English Conquest|last=Harvey|first=G. E.|publisher=Asian Educational Services|year=1925|isbn=9788120613652|location=London, New York, Bombay|pages=110|language=en}}</ref>