Editing 1309 (section)

=== January &ndash; March ===
* [[January 6]] &ndash; The coronation of [[Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry of Luxemburg]] as "[[King of the Romans]]", the person first-in-line to succeed the Holy Roman Emperor, takes place at [[Aachen]] (now in Germany).<ref>Michael Jones, ''The New Cambridge Medieval History'', ''Vol. VI: c. 1300-c. 1415'' (Cambridge University Press, 2000) p.530</ref> He will become the Emperor in 1312.
* [[February 2]] &ndash; At Avignon, Pope Clement V begins the investigation and posthumous trial of the late [[Pope Boniface VIII]], who was accused of heresy and sodomy after his death in 1303, in papers circulated by [[Guillaume de Nogaret]].<ref>Stephen Howarth, ''The Knights Templar'' (Barnes and Noble, 1982) pp. 11–14</ref>
* [[February 15]] &ndash; King [[Denis of Portugal]] grants the ''Magna Charta Privilegioum'', charter for Portugal's first university, now the [[University of Coimbra]]. Joseph M. M. Hermans and Marc Nelissen, ''Charters of Foundation and Early Documents of the Universities of the Coimbra Group'' (Leuven University Press, 2005) p.&nbsp;38.
* [[February 24]] &ndash; In Spain, King [[Ferdinand IV of Castile]] agrees to assist the neighboring [[Kingdom of Aragon]] (led by King, [[James II of Aragon|King Jaume II]], to wage war against the Islamic [[Emirate of Granada]].
* [[March 9]] &ndash; [[Pope Clement V]] officially transfers the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Pontiff from [[Rome]] to the French city of [[Avignon]], his residence and at this time part of the [[Kingdom of Arles]], starting the [[Avignon Papacy]]. Since 1305, the papal court had been at [[Poitiers]], and the move is justified by violence in Rome. The papal seat becomes part of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], and its absence from Rome is referred to as the "[[Babylonian captivity]] of the Papacy".<ref>Adrian Hastings, Alistair Mason and Hugh S. Pyper (2000). ''The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought'', p. 227. Oxford University Press.</ref>
* [[March 14]] &ndash; (1 Shawwal 708 AH) Sultan [[Muhammad III of Granada|Muhammad III]] is deposed during a palace coup after a 7-year reign, and is replaced by his half-brother [[Nasr of Granada|Abu al-Juyush Nasr]], as ruler of the [[Emirate of Granada]]. Muhammad III is spared and allowed to live in [[Almuñécar]], but his vizier, [[Abu Abdallah ibn al-Hakim]], is killed.