1296

Events

• March 30 - Edward I storms Berwick-upon-Tweed, sacking the then Scottish border town with much bloodshed. He slaughters most residents, including those who flee to the churches.
• April 27 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England.
• October 3 - Alauddin Khilji proclaims himself ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, as a member of the Khilji dynasty.
• The Chinese diplomat Zhou Daguan spends a year at the court of the Khmer King Indravarman III at Angkor and pens a journal setting forth his observations.

Births

• August 10 - "Blind" King John I of Bohemia (d. 1346)
• December - Marjorie Bruce, only daughter of Robert I of Scotland (d. 1316)
• date unknown
  • Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (d. 1359)
  • Roland of Sicily, Italian nobleman (d. 1361)
• probable
  • Algirdas, ruler of Lithuania (d. 1377)
  • Blanche of Burgundy, queen consort of France (d. 1326)
  • Shi Naian, Chinese author (d. 1370)
  • Tamagusuku, ruler of Chuzan

Deaths

• February 8 - King Przemysł II of Poland (b. 1257)
• March 11 - John le Romeyn, Archbishop of York
• May - William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke
• May 19 - Pope Celestine V (b. 1215)
• June 5 - Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England (born 1245)
• June 27 - Floris V, Count of Holland (b. 1254)
• August 8 - Hugh of Brienne, French crusader
• October 9 - Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1269)
• November 1 - Guillaume Durand, French canonist and writer
• December - Isabella of Mar, wife of Robert I of Scotland
• ?December - Adam de Darlington, Bishop of Caithness
• date unknown
  • Philippe de Rémi, sire de Beaumanoir (b. c. 1247)
  • Johannes Campanus, Italian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1220)
  • Dnyaneshwar, Hindu saint and poet (b. 1275)
  • Jalal ud din Firuz Khilji, founder of the Khilji dynasty in India
  • Odon de Pins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
  • Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxfordaf:1296

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