Editing 1296

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{{C13 year in topic}}Year '''1296''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCXCVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== 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>

== Births ==
* [[August 10]] &ndash; "Blind" King [[John of Bohemia|John I of Bohemia]] (d. [[1346]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CdUIO_fYRxQC&q=John+of+Bohemia+1296&pg=PA161|title=Constructing the Middle Ages: Historiography, Collective Memory and Nation-Building in Luxembourg|last=Péporté|first=Pit|publisher=BRILL|year=2011|isbn=9789004210677|location=Leiden, Boston|pages=161|language=en}}</ref>
* [[December]] &ndash; [[Marjorie Bruce]], Scottish princess, only daughter of Robert I of Scotland (d. [[1316]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cpyDDwAAQBAJ&q=Marjorie+Bruce+1296&pg=PT104|title=House of Dunbar, Part II: After the Fall of the Earldom of Dunbar: The Rise and Fall of a Scottish Noble Family|last=Dunbar|first=Lyle|publisher=BookBaby|year=2017|isbn=9781543917383|language=en}}</ref>
* ''date unknown''
**[[Charles of Taranto]] (d. [[1315]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourfamtree.org/descend.php/Philip-I-of-Taranto-Prince-of-Achaea/109546|title=Descendants of Philip I of Taranto, Prince of Achaea, 10 NOV 1278 - 26 DEC 1331; Outline Format|website=www.ourfamtree.org|language=en|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref>
** [[Gregory Palamas]], Archbishop of Thessalonica (d. [[1359]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dk4G-52QT-8C&q=Gregory+Palamas+1296&pg=PA508|title=The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature|last1=Kurian|first1=George Thomas|last2=III|first2=James D. Smith|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2010|isbn=9780810872837|volume=I|location=Lanham, Toronto, Plymouth|pages=508|language=en}}</ref>
** [[Roland of Sicily]], Italian nobleman (d. [[1361]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/orlando-d-aragona_(Dizionario-Biografico)/|title=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani|last=Giunta|first=Francesco|year=1961|editor-last=Ghisalberti|editor-first=Alberto M.|volume=3|location=Rome|chapter=Aragona, Orlando d'}}</ref>
* ''probable''
**[[Algirdas]], ruler of Lithuania (d. [[1377]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VkGB1CSfIlEC&q=Algirdas+1296&pg=PA42|title=Historical Dictionary of Lithuania|last=Suziedelis|first=Saulius A.|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2011|isbn=9780810875364|edition=Second|location=Lanham, Plymouth|pages=42–43|language=en}}</ref>
** [[Blanche of Burgundy]], queen consort of France (d. [[1326]])<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DsGjmShjAeEC&q=Blanche+of+Burgundy+1296&pg=PA223|title=Negotiating Community and Difference in Medieval Europe: Gender, Power, Patronage, and the Authority of Religion in Latin Christendom|last=Brown|first=Elizabeth A .R.|publisher=BRILL|year=2009|isbn=9789004171251|editor-last=Smith|editor-first=Katherine Allen|series=Studies in the History of Christian Traditions|location=Leiden, Boston|pages=223|language=en|chapter=Chapter Eleven. Blanche Of Artois And Burgundy, Château-Gaillard, And The Baron De Joursanvault|editor-last2=Wells|editor-first2=Scott}}</ref>
** [[Shi Naian]], Chinese author (d. [[1370]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pmNoS2dndKsC&q=Shi+Nai%27an+1296&pg=PA232|title=The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation|last=France|first=Peter|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2001|isbn=9780199247844|location=Oxford, New York|pages=232|language=en}}</ref>
** [[Tamagusuku]], ruler of Chuzan<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Japan.htm|title=Japan|website=www.worldstatesmen.org|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[February 8]] &ndash; King [[Przemysł II|Przemysł II of Poland]] (b. [[1257]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iLnEYpw_puIC&q=Przemys%C5%82+II+1296&pg=PA105|title='The Slippery Memory of Men': The Place of Pomerania in the Medieval Kingdom of Poland|last=Milliman|first=Paul|publisher=BRILL|year=2013|isbn=9789004182745|series=East Central and Eastern European in the Middle Ages, 450 - 1450|location=Leiden, Boston|pages=105|language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 11]] &ndash; [[John le Romeyn]], Archbishop of York<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2LaYN9S6q6YC&q=John+le+Romeyn+1296&pg=PA7|title=A Guide to the Archive Collections in the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research|last=Smith|first=David Michael|publisher=Borthwick Publications|year=1973|isbn=9780903857024|series=Borthwick Texts and Calendars: Records of the Northern Province|volume=I|location=York|pages=7|language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Odon de Pins]], French [[Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/nobiliaireunive01pongoog|quote=Odon de Pins 1296.|title=Nobiliaire universel de France: ou Recueil général des généalogies historiques des maisons nobles de ce royaume|last=de Saint-Allais|first=M.|publisher=Au bureau du Nobiliaire universel de France, Réimprimé à la Librairie Bachelin-Deflorenne|year=1874|location=Paris|pages=[https://archive.org/details/nobiliaireunive01pongoog/page/n193 177]|language=fr}}</ref>
* [[May]] &ndash; [[William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pFjjDQAAQBAJ&q=William+de+Valence+1296&pg=PA240|title=Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, 1307-1324: Baronial Politics in the Reign of Edward II|last=Phillips|first=J. R. S.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1972|isbn=9780198223597|location=Oxford|pages=240|language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 19]] &ndash; [[Pope Celestine V]] (b. [[1215]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5cQH17-HnMC&q=Pope+Celestine+V+1296&pg=PA168|title=Holy People of the World: A Cross-cultural Encyclopedia|last=Jestice|first=Phyllis G.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2004|isbn=9781576073551|volume=1|location=Santa Barbara, CA, Denver, CO, Oxford|pages=168|language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 5]] &ndash; [[Edmund Crouchback]], 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of [[Henry III of England]] (b. [[1245]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/ancientarmouran00blaigoog|quote=Edmund Crouchback 1296.|title=Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe from the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth Century|last=Hewitt|first=John|publisher=John Henry and James Parker|year=1855|location=Oxford|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ancientarmouran00blaigoog/page/n377 347]|language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 27]] &ndash; [[Floris V, Count of Holland]] (b. [[1254]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=52PUDAAAQBAJ&q=Floris+V+1296&pg=PA188|title=Governmental Forms and Economic Development: From Medieval to Modern Times|last=Brouwer|first=Maria|publisher=Springer|year=2016|isbn=9783319420400|location=Amsterdam|pages=188|language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 7]] &ndash; [[Heinrich II von Rotteneck]], prince-bishop of Regensburg<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qapdkLDD2vkC&q=Heinrich+II+von+Rotteneck+1296&pg=PA344|title=Geschichte der Oberpfalz und des bayerischen Reichskreises bis zum Ausgang des 18. Jahrhunderts|last1=Spindler|first1=Max|last2=Kraus|first2=Andreas|publisher=C.H.Beck|year=1995|isbn=9783406394539|series=Handbuch der bayerischen Geschichte|volume=III|location=Munich|pages=344|language=de}}</ref>
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Hugh, Count of Brienne]], French crusader<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-WFjDwAAQBAJ&q=Hugh%2C+Count+of+Brienne+1296&pg=PR21|title=The Briennes: The Rise and Fall of a Champenois Dynasty in the Age of the Crusades, c. 950–1356|last=Perry|first=Guy|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2018|isbn=9781107196902|location=Cambridge|pages=xxiii|language=en}}</ref>
* [[October 9]] &ndash; [[Louis III, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. [[1269]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nkwrDwAAQBAJ&q=Louis+III%2C+Duke+of+Bavaria+1296&pg=PR25|title=The Origins of the German Principalities, 1100-1350: Essays by German Historians|last1=Loud|first1=Graham A.|last2=Schenk|first2=Jochen|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2017|isbn=9781317022008|location=London and New York|pages=xxv|language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[Guillaume Durand]], French canonist and writer<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HOJErmnEfhgC&q=Guillaume+Durand+1296&pg=PT81|title=The Court Book of Mende and the Secular Lordship of the Bishop: Recollecting the Past in Thirteenth-Century Gévaudan|last=Bulman|first=Jan K.|publisher=University of Toronto Press|year=2008|isbn=9781442691971|location=Toronto, Buffalo, London|language=en}}</ref>
* [[December]]
**[[Isabella of Mar]], Scottish countess, spouse of [[Robert I of Scotland]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7O8IBAAAQBAJ&q=Isabella+of+Mar+1296&pg=PA133|title=My McCurdy Family and Collateral Lines Including Native American and Some Royal Family|last=Mason|first=Laird David Elsworth|publisher=Lulu.com|year=2012|isbn=9781300356011|location=Maumee, OH|pages=133|language=en}}</ref>
** [[Adam de Darlington]], Bishop of Caithness (approximate date)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ISUbAAAAYAAJ&q=Adam+de+Darlington+1296|title=Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae medii aevi ad annum 1638|last=Watt|first=D. E. R.|publisher=Printed for the Scottish Record Society by Smith and Ritchie Ltd.|year=1969|location=Edinburgh|pages=275|language=en|orig-year=1959}}</ref>
* ''date unknown''
**[[Philippe de Rémi (died 1296)|Philippe de Rémi]], French lawyer and royal official (b. c. [[1247]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r-xcAAAAMAAJ&q=Philippe+de+R%C3%A9mi+1296|title=Essays on the Poetic and Legal Writings of Philippe de Remy and His Son Philippe de Beaumanoir of Thirteenth-century France|last1=Heller|first1=Sarah-Grace|last2=Reichert|first2=Michelle|publisher=E. Mellen Press|year=2001|isbn=9780773473836|volume=21|location=Lewiston, NY|pages=279|language=en}}</ref>
** [[Campanus of Novara]], Italian astronomer and mathematician (b. c. [[1220]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bENTBQAAQBAJ&q=Campanus+of+Novara+1296&pg=PA122|title=Creators of Mathematical and Computational Sciences|last1=Agarwal|first1=Ravi P.|last2=Sen|first2=Syamal K.|publisher=Springer|year=2014|isbn=9783319108704|location=Cham, Switzerland|pages=122|language=en}}</ref>
** [[Dnyaneshwar]], Hindu saint and poet (b. [[1275]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hyqljCZkO-oC&q=Dnyaneshwar+1296&pg=PA95|title=Dabawalas: Lessons for Building Lasting Success Based on Values|last=Pandit|first=Shrinivas|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education|year=2007|isbn=9780070621510|location=New Delhi|pages=97|language=en}}</ref>
** [[Jalal ud din Firuz Khalji]], founder of the [[Khalji dynasty]] in India<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HC-zALzDp_oC&q=Jalal-ud-din+Khalji+1296&pg=PA37|title=The Pearson Concise General Knowledge Manual 2012|last1=Thorpe|first1=Edgar|last2=Thorpe|first2=Showick|publisher=Pearson Education India|year=2012|isbn=9788131761915|location=Chandigarh, Delhi, Chennai|pages=2.14|language=en|orig-year=2005}}</ref>
** [[Tarabya of Pegu]], self-proclaimed ruler<ref name=":0" />
** [[Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford]] (b. c.1240)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GgTBxtdwzk8C&q=Robert+de+Vere+1296&pg=PA117|title=The Castle Community: The Personnel of English and Welsh Castles, 1272-1422|last=Rickard|first=John|publisher=Boydell Press|year=2002|isbn=9780851159133|location=Suffolk and Rochester, NY|pages=117|language=en}}</ref>

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