World Timeline

AD 1283: October 3 – The last ruler of an independent Wales, Dafydd ap Gruffydd (David), Prince of Wales, is executed in Shrewsbury.
 
AD 1284: Peterhouse, oldest collegiate foundation of the University of Cambridge in England, is established by Bishop Hugh de Balsham.
 
AD 1285: The first life annuities in history were issued in Lübeck, Germany in form of public debt.
 
AD 1286: In the Lao kingdom of Muang Sua, King Panya Leng is overthrown in a coup d'état led by his son, Prince Panya Khamphong, which is likely to have been supported by the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty in China.
 
AD 1287: A great flood (known as "St. Lucia's Flood") ravaged the Netherlands and took 50 thousand lives. The Zuiderzee was formed afterwards and would be the largest body of water within the Netherlands until 20th century.
 
AD 1289: The final forces of resistance of former Southern Sòng Dynasty were eliminated in Língxiāo (nowadays in Sìchuān Province).
 
AD 1291: Three communities, Uri, Schwyz and Nidwalden, signed a federal charter pledging to help each other resist any threat of violence or injustice. This is considered the beginning of Switzerland.
 
AD 1292: Kublai Khan sends a Mongol expeditionary force (some 20,000 men) to Java. He collects an invasion fleet with some 500–1,000 ships and enough provisions for a year from Fujian, Jiangxi and Huguang in southern China. The fleet travels past Champa (modern Vietnam) and the Karimata Islands. The Mongols land on Java, taking the capital of Kediri, but it proves impossible to hold.
 
AD 1293: Chinese poet Fāng Huí created "十二月二十日立春系癸巳歲予年已六十七白劉唱和有云共把十千沽一鬥相看七十欠三年因此遣興", which has one of the longest artwork titles in ancient China :]]]]]

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AD 1293: The last Indianized kingdom in Indonesia, the Majapahit Empire, was founded by Kertarajasa.
 
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AD 1294: John Balliol, King of Scotland, decides to refuse King Edward I of England's demands for support in a planned invasion of France, the result being the negotiation of the Auld Alliance with France and Norway in the following year. These actions play a part in precipitating the Scottish Wars of Independence, which begin in 1296.
 
AD 1295: Islam became the official religion of Il-Khanid Dynasty of the Mongol Empire. By now all major divisions of the Mongol Empire had converted to Islam except Yuán Dynasty.
 
AD 1296: February 5 – Pope Boniface VIII issues the papal bull, Clericis laicos, stating that, without authority from the Holy See, Kings and other monarchs couldn't take income from the church. This bull was made in retaliation against King Philip IV raising taxes on the church.
 
AD 1297: Battle of Stirling Bridge – Scottish army attacked from the highgrounds when the English army were stuck at the narrow Stirling Bridge, killing at least 5,000 men.
 
AD 1298: Wang Zhen, Chinese inventor and politician, invents a wooden movable type printing (Bi Sheng invented ceramic movable type in the 11th century).
 
AD 1299: With Seljuks' division, Osman I declared the independence of Türkiye and the founding of Ottoman Empire.
 
AD 1300: June 26 – English invasion of Scotland (1300): The largest part of the English Army marches from Carlisle to renezvous with King Edward I at Caerlaverock Castle.
 
AD 1301: November 1 – Charles of Valois, son of the late King Philip III ("Philip the Bold"), is summoned to Italy by Pope Boniface VIII to restore peace between the Guelphs and Ghibellines. He enters Florence, and allows the Neri ("Black Guelphs") to return to the city. Charles installs a new government under Cante dei Gabrielli as Chief Magistrate (podestà), leading to the permanent exile of Dante Alighieri, Italian poet and philosopher, from the city.
 
AD 1302: The first États généraux (Estates-General) was held in France in order to solve the conflict between Pope Boniface VIII and King Philip IV the Fair.
 
AD 1303: Mongol invasion of India: Mongol forces appear outside Delhi and begin the siege of the city. Alauddin Khalji and a Delhi vanguard army return to the capital, while the Delhi garrison resists assaults of the Mongols.
 
AD 1304: Buyantu learned the basics of confucianism from scholar Lǐ Mèng. He would later become Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, also known as Emperor Rén of Yuán Dynasty, and resume the tradition of confucianism in China.
 
AD 1305: December 20 – Battle of Amroha: Mongol forces (some 30,000 men) invade the Delhi Sultanate again in northern India. Sultan Alauddin Khalji dispatches a cavalry force led by Vizier Ghazi Malik, to repulse the Mongols. During the battle (somewhere in the Amroha district), the Delhi forces inflict a crushing defeat upon the invaders. Many Mongols are taken prisoner and incorporated into the Delhi army.
 
AD 1306: The Rebellion of Kaidu was finally subjugated by Yuán Dynasty. Kaidu rebelled against Kublai Khan, in 1268, claiming he was too "Chinese-ized" and diverted from the nomadic Mongol path. This escalated to a prolonged war between the Ögedei Khanate, Chagatai Khanate, Golden Horde, and Yuán Dynasty. Kaidu himself was slain in 1301, but his son continued the rebellion until 1306, when all major khanates had agreed to end the war.
 
AD 1307: Spring – King Robert the Bruce, King of Scots crosses with a small force (some 600 men) from the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde to his earldom of Carrick in Ayrshire. He attacks the English garrison at Turnberry Castle, plundering and destroying the stronghold. Meanwhile, The Black Douglas attacks the English garrison in Douglas Castle at Palm Sunday – while they are slaughtered during a church mass (known as the "Douglas Larder").
 
AD 1308: June 28 – After 138 members of the Knights Templar were convicted of heresy on October 19, 1307, a trial is held for 54 Templars who testify before Pope Clement V, with most confessing to at least one charge.
 
AD 1310: German king Henry VII transferred the title of Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia to his son, John of Luxembourg.
 
AD 1311: January 6 – Henry VII, the future Holy Roman Emperor, is crowned King of Italy in Milan with a mock-up of the Iron crown of Lombardy. The Tuscan Guelphs refuse to attend the ceremony and begin preparing for resistance against Henry's rule. Henry approves the despotic regimes of Matteo I Visconti in Milan and Cangrande I della Scala in Verona. The cities of Piedmont and Lombardy submit to Henry – in accordance with the proclaimed program of peace and justice. Florence and their Guelph (anti-imperialist) allies in Tuscany and Romagna move to defend themselves against Henry's accession.
 
AD 1312: The Order of the Knights Templar disbanded with a decree from Pope Clement V, who made it under the pressure of French King Phillip IV. Its members in Portugal and Spain joined other orders of knights. Its members in France were mostly burned at the stake by the Catholic Church.
 
AD 1313: Wang Zhen, Chinese agronomist, government official and inventor of wooden-based movable type printing, publishes the Nong Shu ("Book of Agriculture").
 
AD 1314: Yuán Dynasty resumed kējǔ, an imperial examation system selecting government officials based on their grades on a standardized test.
 
AD 1315: Spring – Great Famine of 1315–1317: A famine and pestilence sweeps over Europe, and exacts so frightful a toll of human life that the phenomenon is to be regarded as one of the most impressive features of the period. It covers almost the whole of Northern Europe; the current territory of Ireland, England, France, Netherlands, Germany and Poland. Heavy rains and unseasonably cold weather, the ensuing harvest failures and death of livestock from starvation, and the sharp rise in food prices cause an acute shortage of food that will last for two years. The famine causes millions of deaths (according to estimates, around 10 to 25% of the urban population dies). On August 10, King Edward II of England witnesses its extent in his realm when he and his entourage stop at St Albans and find bread and other food unavailable.
 
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AD 1316: The Pound sterling experiences the greatest year of inflation in its history, at 100.04 percent, losing over half its value.
 
AD 1317: In Japan, reigning emperor Hanazono, former emperor Go-fushimi, former emperor Go-uda disputed over who shall be the successor to the throne. With Kamakura Bakufu's mediation, Go-daigo ascended in 1318, however the power struggle would continue for many years.
 
AD 1318: July 13 – Rashid al-Din Hamadani, the Grand Vizier of the Ilkhanate in Iran during the reign of the Mongol Ilkhan Öljaitü, is convicted of the 1316 murder of the Ilkhan, and is executed (along with his son Ibrahim Izzaddin).
 
AD 1319: The Military Order of Christ was founded in Portugal as a descendant of Knights Templar.
 
AD 1320: Battle of Rhodes: The Knights Hospitaller defeat an attempt by the Turks of Menteshe to capture Rhodes. During the battle, a Turkish invasion fleet (some 80 ships) is destroyed by a smaller Hospitaller-Genoese fleet.
 
AD 1321: The War of Two Andronikos broke out in the Byzantine Empire. In 1320, former emperor Andronikos II's grandson Andronikos III was found murdering his brother because he had an affair with Andronikos III's mistress. Hearing the bad news, the reigning emperor Michael IX died of sadness, resulting in Andronikos III losing his right of inheritance. Andronikos III and people supporting him soon gathered an army in Adrianople and started attacking Constantinople.
 
AD 1323: July 18 – Thomas Aquinas, Italian priest and theologian, is canonized by Pope John XXII at the Avignon Cathedral and canonized as a saint.
 
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