Editing 1306 (section)

===April &ndash; June===
* [[April 26]] &ndash; French knight [[Amalric, Lord of Tyre]], with the aid of the [[Knights Templar]], stages a [[Coup d'état]] against his older brother [[Henry II of Cyprus|Henry II]], [[Kingdom of Cyprus#List of monarchs of Cyprus|King of Cyprus]]. Although Henry remains the nominal king, he is confined at the Cypriot city of [[Strovolos]], and Amalric assumes all of the King's powers. Amalric will be assassinated in 1310.
* [[May 5]] &ndash; [[Charles II of Naples|Charles the Lame, King of Naples]], accuses [[Philip I of Piedmont]] and [[Isabella of Villehardouin]] of disloyalty, and deprives them of the right to rule the [[Principality of Achaea]] (located in southern Greece on the [[Peloponnese]] peninsula). King Charles awards Achaea to his son, [[Philip I, Prince of Taranto]].
* [[May 13]] &ndash; (29 Shawwal 705 AH) A Moorish Nasrid fleet sent by Sultan [[Muhammad III of Granada|Sultan Muhammad III]] of the [[Emirate of Granada]] (now part of Spain) makes a surprise attack on Africa and captures [[Ceuta]].<ref>"13 mai 1306: Le "Sultan de Grenade s'empare par surprise", Auguste Mouliéras, ''Le Maroc inconnu: vingt deux ans d'explorations dans le Maroc septentrional (1872 à 1893)'' ("The unknown Morocco: twenty two years of explorations in northern Morocco (1872 to 1893)" (Challamel, 1895) p.725</ref> Nasrid forces land in [[Ksar es-Seghir]], [[Larache]], and [[Asilah]], occupying these Atlantic ports (→ [[Battle of the Strait]]). At the same time, Prince [[Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula]] of the [[Marinid Sultanate]], leads a rebellion against Sultan [[Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr]]. He conquers a mountainous area in northern [[Morocco]] and allies himself with Granada.<ref>Harvey, L. P. (1992). ''Islamic Spain, 1250 to 1500'', p. 169. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. {{ISBN|978-0-226-31962-9}}.</ref><ref>Joseph F. O'Callaghan (2011). ''The Gibraltar Crusade: Castile and the Battle for the Strait'', p. 121. University of Pennsylvania Press. {{ISBN|978-0-8122-2302-6}}.</ref> 
* [[May 22]] &ndash; [[Feast of the Swans]]: At [[Westminster Abbey]] King Edward I of England proclaims that all squires, who agree to march in an invasion of [[Scotland]], will be knighted. After the feast, the King has two [[swan]]s brought in and swears "before God and the swans" to avenge the murder of [[John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch]], the desecration of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries by Robert Bruce, and to fight the infidels in the Holy Land. The King knights his son, [[Edward II of England|Prince Edward of Caernarfon]]. The Prince knights 266 other men. King Edward then gives his "Raise the Dragon" orders, proclaiming that no mercy is to be granted to Scotland, and all Scots taken in arms are to be executed without trial. Among the persons knighted, the King appoints [[Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke|Aymer de Valance]], lieutenant for Scotland. Valence will make his base at Perth, along with [[Henry Percy, 1st Baron Percy|Henry Percy]] and [[Robert Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford|Robert Clifford]], to organize an army.<ref>Ronald McNair Scott, ''Robert the Bruce: King of Scots'' (Barnes and Noble, 1982) p. 81 {{ISBN|978-1566192705}}.</ref> 
* [[May 30]] &ndash; The English Parliament meets at [[Westminster]] in a one-day session, on orders of King Edward I, a week after [[Whitsun|Whit Sunday]] and passes a five percent tax on "citizens and burgesses and communities of all the cities and boroughs of the realm and the tenants of our demesne."<ref>''Parliamentary Writs'', i. pp. 165-166, 178</ref>
* [[June 8]] &ndash; After bringing the Flemish War to a victorious conclusion, King [[Philip IV of France]] orders the silver content of new ''livre'' coins to be raised back to the 1285 level of 3.96 grams of silver, and orders the devaluation of the coins of 1303, 1304 and 1305 to one-third of their face value. The economic decree leads to rioting.<ref name=Torre>"The Monetary Fluctuations in Philip IV's Kingdom of France and Their Relevance to the Arrest of the Templars", by Ignacio de la Torre, in ''The Debate on the Trial of the Templars (1307–1314)'', ed. by Jochen Burgtorf, et al. (Ashgate, 2010) pp. 57–68</ref>
* [[June 19]] &ndash; [[Battle of Methven]]: Scottish forces (some 5,000 men) under Robert the Bruce are defeated by the English army at [[Methven, Perth and Kinross|Methven]]. During the battle, the Scots are overwhelmed by a surprise attack on their camp. They are outnumbered, but Bruce manages to form a phalanx to break free. Finally, he is forced to retreat, leaving many of his followers dead or soon to be executed.<ref>Scott, Ronald McNair (1982). ''Robert the Bruce: King of Scots'', p. 82. New York: Barnes and Noble. {{ISBN|978-1566192705}}.</ref>
* [[June 23]] &ndash; The [[Knights Hospitaller]], led by Grand Master [[Foulques de Villaret]], land with 600 men on the island of [[Rhodes]], one of the [[Dodecanese|Dodecanese Islands]] off of the coast of [[Byzantium]], and begin [[Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes|a four-year long war]] to capture the fortified [[city of Rhodes]] (which will not fall until August 15, 1310).<ref>"The Hospitallers at Rhodes, 1306–1421", by Anthony Luttrell, in ''A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries'', ed. by Kenneth M. Setton and Harry W. Hazard (University of Wisconsin Press, 1975) pp. 278–313</ref>