Editing 1302 (section)

===January&ndash;March===
* [[January 2]] &ndash; In Germany, [[Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg|Henry II]] becomes the ruler of the independent nation of [[Mecklenburg]] (encompassing the modern-day northeastern German state of [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]]) upon the death of his father, [[Henry I, Lord of Mecklenburg|Henry the Pilgrim]]. Henry II had served as regent from 1290 to 1298 during Henry the Pilgrim's pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and had continued most of the administration of Mecklenburg after the return of his 68-year-old father.
* [[January 20]] &ndash; In Egypt, [[Al-Mustakfi I (Cairo)|Al-Mustakfi I]] becomes the new Muslim [[List of caliphs#Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258)|Abbasid Caliph of Cairo]], leader of [[Islam]] within the [[Mamluk Sultanate]], upon the death of his father, the Caliph [[Al-Hakim I]].
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand IV of Castile|King Ferdinand IV]] of the Spanish [[Kingdom of Castile]], having recently reached the age of majority at age 16, marries 12-year-old [[Constance of Portugal|Princess Constance]], the only daughter of [[Denis of Portugal|King Dinis]] of [[Portugal]], in a ceremony at [[Valladolid]].
* [[January 26]] &ndash; At the suggestion of France, and pursuant to the treaty signed between England and France at Asnières, King [[Edward I of England]] ("Edward Longshanks") and the Scottish nobles led by [[Robert the Bruce]] agree to a nine-month peace treaty at [[Linlithgow]], to last until St. Andrew's Day, November 30, 1302.<ref>John Mackintosh, ''The History of Civilisation in Scotland'' (Alexander Gardner, 1892) p. 274</ref> 
* [[February 8]] &ndash; [[Yesün Temür (Yuan dynasty)|Yesün Temür]] becomes the [[Jinong]] (crown prince) of the Mongol Empire upon the death of his father Gammala, with authority over the Mongolian steppe north of the Gobi Desert. Yesün Temür will become the Emperor of China's [[Yuan dynasty]] in 1323 and reign for almost five years.
* [[February 10]] &ndash; The [[papal bull]] ''Ausculta Fili'' is delivered to [[Philip IV of France|Philip the Fair]], King of France, but [[Robert II, Count of Artois]], snatches the document from Jacques de Normans, the emissary of [[Pope Boniface VIII]] and burns the paper in a fire.<ref>"Boniface VIII", by Thomas Oestreich, in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', ed. by Charles G. Herbermann (The Encyclopedia Press, 1907) p.666</ref>
* [[February 19]] &ndash; The Italian artist [[Cimabue]] completes construction of the image of [[John the Evangelist]], a major potion of the [[mosaic]] ''[[Christ enthroned with the Virgin and St John|Christ Enthroned]]'', in the [[Pisa Cathedral]], after 94 days. Cimabue dies shortly afterward, and the full mosaic will not be completed until [[1320]].
* [[March 3]] &ndash; Upon the death of [[Roger-Bernard III, Count of Foix]], who had founded the [[Andorra|Co-principality of Andorra]] in [[1278]], Roger's son [[Gaston I, Count of Foix|Count Gaston]] continues as the new French administrator on behalf of King Philip of France. The holder of the title [[Count of Foix]] will continue to be the French representative in Andorra, with almost 200 years of unbroken rule, until the death of [[Gaston IV, Count of Foix|Gaston IV]] in [[1472]].  
* [[March 4]] &ndash; After learning of the rejection of the papal bull by King Philip of France, Pope Boniface VIII sends Cardinal [[Jean Lemoine]] to inform King Philip of the Pope's plans for an ecclesiastical council to control the appointment of French clergy.  
* [[March]] &ndash; Robert the Bruce, the future King of Scotland marries as his second wife the 13-year-old [[Elizabeth de Burgh]] at [[Writtle]] in [[Essex]]. She is the daughter of [[Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster|Richard Óg de Burgh]] ("the Red Earl"), a powerful Irish nobleman and close friend of King Edward I of England.