Editing 1304 (section)

===October &ndash; December===
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Salt War (1304)#War and treaty|Treaty of Treviso]]: After a dispute over [[Salt evaporation pond|salt works]], the Italian commune of [[Padua]] and [[Republic of Venice|Venice]] sign a peace treaty, ending the [[Salt War (1304)|Salt War]]. Venice establishes a salt monopoly and sells salt rights to merchants.<ref>Schor, J. (1871). ''History of Venice From the Beginning Down to the Present Time'', pp. 64–65. Colombo Coen.</ref>
* [[October 24]] &ndash; Ottoman-Turkish forces led by Sultan [[Osman I]]  conquer the ancient city of [[Ephesus]] from the [[Byzantine Empire]], massacring and deporting its native population.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Foss|first1=Clive|title=Ephesus After Antiquity: A Late Antique, Byzantine, and Turkish City|date=1979|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge, UK|isbn=0521220866|page=144|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i6Q8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA144}}</ref>
* [[November 12]] &ndash; [[Edward I of England|King Edward I]] summons the English Parliament for the first time in more than two years.
* [[December 4]] &ndash; [[William Greenfield]], [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor of England]], is elected [[Archbishop of York]] by the church leaders in the diocese, then sets off for Rome to receive the consecration of the office by the Pope.<ref>E. B. Fryde, et al., ''Handbook of British Chronology'' (Cambridge University Press, 1996) p. 282</ref>
* [[December 29]] &ndash; [[William Hamilton (Lord Chancellor)|William de Hamilton]] is nominated [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor of England]], the highest office at the time for a member of Parliament, by [[Edward I of England|King Edward I]]. He takes office on January 16.<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle= Hamilton, William de |volume= 24 |last= Hamilton  |first= John |author-link= John Hamilton, 1st Viscount Sumner | pages=217-218 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[December]] &ndash; [[Roger de Flor]], Italian nobleman and adventurer, settles with the [[Catalan Company]] in [[Gallipoli]] and other towns in the southern part of [[Thrace]] and visits [[Constantinople]] to demand payment for his forces. He lives at the expense of the local population and uses the city as a base for his marauding raids in the surrounding area.<ref>Burns, R. Ignatius (1954). "The Catalan Company and the European Powers, 1305–1311", p. 752. ''Speculum, Vol. 29 (4)''. University of Chicago Press.</ref>