1297 - Events.
8 January - Monaco gains independence.
English Church refuses to pay taxes, resulting in crisis.
William Wallace begins his revolt against the English.
Canonization of Louis IX, King of France
August 28 - Edward I unsuccessfully invades Flanders.
11 September - Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots of Andrew de Moray and William Wallace defeat English.
1297 - Births.
March 25 - Arnost of Pardubice, Archbi ...
August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). There are 127 days remaining.
August 26 - Events.
55 BC - Julius Caesar invades Britain
1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire at Manzikert
1278 - Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolph I of Germany defeat Premysl Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle of Marchfield near Dürnkrut in Moravia.
1346 - Hundred Years' War: The militar ...
August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 134 days remaining.
August 19 - Events.
293 BC - Oldest known Roman temple to Venus Libitina founded on the Esquiline Hill; institution of Vinalia Rustica begins.
1561 - Queen Mary Stuart returns to Scotland.
1692 - Salem Witch Trials: In Salem, Massachusetts five women and a clergyman are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
1745 - ...
August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining.
August 14 - Events.
1040 - King Duncan I of Scotland is killed in battle against his cousin and successor Macbeth
1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of ...
Ala-ud-din Khilji (real name Juna Khan) (d. 1316), second and greatest Indian ruler of the Khilji dynasty. He reigned from 1296–1316 and was the first Muslim to rule the entirety of what is today India.
Ala-ud-din was the nephew and son in law of Jalal-ud-din. In first, Jalal-ud-din appointed Ala-ud-Din as the governor of Kara. In 1296 Ala-ud-Din killed his uncle. But Malika Jahan, the widow of Jalal-ud-din, put her younger son Rukun ud din Khilji to the throne. Ala-ud-din quickly marched on Delhi from Kara. He entered ...
For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century.
1274 - Events.
1274 - Europe.
May 7 - The Second Council of Lyons, held by the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church convenes to consider the conquest of the Holy Land via Crusades and address the East-West Schism with the Byzantine church. The Council eventually approves a tithe to support efforts to conquer the Holy Land from Muslims, and reaches apparent resolution of the schism which ultimately proves unsucc ...
Admiral is a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, outranked only by the rank Admiral of the Fleet.
King Edward I of England appointed the first English Admiral in 1297 when he named William de Leyburn "Admiral of the sea of the King of England". The rank of Admiral should not be confused with the office of Admiral of England or Lord High Admiral, which was an office held by the person with overall responsibility for the Navy.
The Royal Navy has had Vice and Rear Admirals since at least the 16th cen ...
The Bahri dynasty or Bahriyya Sultante المماليك البحرية was a Mamluk dynasty of Kipchak Turk origin that ruled Egypt from 1250 to 1382 when they were succeeded by the Burji dynasty, another group of Mamluks. Their name means 'of the sea', referring to them ruling from al-Manyal island in the Nile (Bahr al-Nil) off Cairo.
In 1250, when the Ayyubid sultan as-Salih Ayyub died, the Mamluks owned by sultan killed his owner's heir, and the Mamluk general Aybak (who ruled 1250 - 1257) married Shajar al-Dur ...
Islam
History of Islam
Oneness of God
Profession of Faith
Prayer • Fasting
Pilgrimage • Charity
Muhammad
Ali • Abu Bakr
Companions of Muhammad
Household of Muhammad
Prophets of Islam
Qur'an • Hadith • Sharia
Jurisprudence • Theology
Biographies of Muhammad
Sunni ...
The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between Scotland and England in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
The First War (1296–1328) began with the English invasion of Scotland in 1296, and ended with the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton in 1328. The Second War (1332–1357) began with the English supported invasion of Edward Balliol and the 'Disinherited' in 1332, and ended around 1357 with the signing of the Treaty of Berwick. The wars were part of a grea ...
Wáng Zhēn (王禎), first Ming eunuch with much power, see Battle of Tumu Fortress. Created the first wooden movable type printing in 1297 in China. Bi Sheng had created a clay version in 1041 - 1048.
Wáng Zhèn (王震) (1908—1993), Chinese political figure, one of the Eight Immortals of Communist China. A political supporter of Deng Xiaoping and member of his regime. As one of the architects of the extremely violent suppression of the pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989, he was quoted in the Tiana
The Vaghelas were an Indian dynasty of Gujarat. The Vaghelas were based in the town of Dholka, and were feudatories of the Solanki dynasty, who ruled Gujarat from the 10th to the 13th centuries. The Solanki went into decline in the thirteenth century, and by 1243 the Vaghelas were firmly in control of Gujarat. They restored stability to Gujarat for the latter half of the 13th century, and the Vaghela kings and officials were dedi ...
According to extra-biblical sources Veronica from Jerusalem encountered Jesus on the way to Calvary. Upon wiping the sweat (Latin suda) off his face with her veil, his image was imprinted on the cloth. This event is commemorated by one of the Stations of the Cross.
According to legend, Veronica later traveled to Rome to present the cloth to the Roman Emperor Tiberius. The story of Veronica and her veil does not occur in the Bible, though the apocryphal "Acts of Pilate" mentions a woman called Veronica who was cured by touching ...
Sir William Wallace (c. 1270 – August 22, 1305), sometimes called The Wallace, was a Scottish knight who led his countrymen in resistance to English domination in the reign of King Edward I, during significant periods of the Wars of Scottish Independence. He inspired the composition of "The Acts and Deeds of Sir William Wallace, Knight of Elderslie" by the minstrel Blind Harry, from which many popular conceptions of Wallace are drawn.
William Wallace - Origins.
Tradition often describes Wallace as ...
Brignoles is a town and commune of southeastern France, in the Var département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. Population 11,000.
It was the summer residence of the counts of Provence. Their castle dates from the 13th century.
It was the birthplace of Saint Louis of Toulouse (1274-1297).
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September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). There are 111 days remaining.
It is usually the first day of the Coptic calendar and Ethiopian calendar (in the period AD 1900 to AD 2099).
September 11 - Events.
1226 - The Catholic practice of Perpetual adoration begins.
1297 - Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots led by William Wallace defeat the English.
1541 - Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors.
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The Battle of Stirling Bridge was one of the series of conflicts of the Wars of Scottish Independence. On September 11, 1297 the forces of Andrew de Moray and William Wallace clashed with those of John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, and the English forces suffered defeat.
Battle of Stirling Bridge - Battle.
In numbers the Scots had around 6000 spearmen, 400 longbowmen and 180 knights and light horsemen. The English had 6350 footsoldiers (of which many were longbowmen) and 350 heavy cavalry. De Murray, with ...
This is a list of the Emperors of the late Roman Empire, called Byzantine.
The title of all Emperors listed preceding Heraclius was officially Augustus, although various other titles such as Dominus were used as well. For official purposes, their names were preceded by Imperator Caesar Flavius and followed by Augustus. Following Heraclius, the title became the Greek Basileus (Gr. Βασιλευς), which had formerly meant "king" but now was used in place of Augustus. Other (and to Roman minds, lesser) kings were titled by the neologi ...
1380s - Events and Trends.
The Western Schism continues with Pope Urban VI and Avignon Pope Clement VII each considered by some to be the Pope.
Richard II reigns in England and Charles VI reigns in France.
Geoffrey Chaucer begins work on The Canterbury Tales
A civil war in the Scandinavian part of Sweden brought unrest to Finland, too.
As part of the Hundred Years War, the island of Jersey was attacked many times and was even occupied for a couple of years.
Many ...
1382 - Events.
End of the reign of Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
Emperor Go-Komatsu ascends to the throne of Japan
John Wyclif's teachings are condemned by the Synod of London.
The Ottomans take Sofia.
August: Our Lady of Częstochowa is brought to the Jasna Góra monastery.
September, 30: Trieste being donated by his inhabitants to Leopold III von Habsburg.
1382 - Births.
