January – March •
January 2 – King
Edward II of England buries his friend
Piers Gaveston (executed
1312) having secured a papal absolution in one of the last acts of
Pope Clement V. The burial takes place somewhere near the
King's Langley Priory in
Hertfordshire, but the location of the tomb is subsequently forgotten. Gaveston had been excommunicated before his death. •
January 20 – The English Parliament is convened at Lincoln to hear the reading of the
Articuli Cleri, the list of grievances against the church in England. The parliament ends on March 9. •
February 12 – Italian sculptor
Tino di Camaino is commissioned by the
Republic of Pisa to create a statue of the late
Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (Enrico VII di Lussemburgo, King of Italy), to be finished in less than six months for the August 24 dedication of Henry's tomb. Camaino delivers the work by July 26. •
February 15 –
John of Argyll reports to King Edward II of England that he and his army have recovered the
Isle of Man and expelled the Scottish occupiers. •
March 4 (4 Dhu al-Hijjah 714 AH) – The
Emir of Mecca,
Abu al-Ghayth, is defeated in a battle near Mecca by his brother
Humaydah ibn Abi Numayy. Wounded in battle, then captured by the enemy, Abu al-Ghayth is executed by order of his brother at Khayf Bani Shadid. •
March 8 – The
Al-Shamah Mosque, in modern-day
Gaza City in
Palestine, is completed after being commissioned by the Mamluk Sultanate Governor of Gaza,
Sanjar al-Jawli. •
March 27 – In China,
Kunga Lotro Gyaltsen is installed as the
Imperial Preceptor of Tibetan Buddhists, by order of the Mongol Emperor
Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan.
April – June •
April 26 – The
Scottish parliament is convened at
Ayr, and proclaims
Edward Bruce as the legal heir to the throne to succeed if his brother, King
Robert the Bruce, dies. •
April 28 – The Mamluk Sultanate army invades the Christian outpost of
Malatya in
Byzantium, then loots the city. •
April 30 •
Margaret of Burgundy,
de jure Queen consort of France as the wife of
King Louis X, dies in the
Château Gaillard prison after a year of incarceration, due to her 1314 conviction for adultery in the
Tour de Nesle affair. Unable to have the marriage nullified because a new Pope has not been installed, King Louis leaves Margaret imprisoned. •
Enguerrand de Marigny, who had been the
Chief Minister of France during the reign of
King Philip IV of France, is hanged at the
Gibbet of Montfaucon in
Paris on orders of Philip's successor, King Louis X. •
May 9 – In France,
Odo IV becomes the new
Duke of Burgundy upon the death of his older brother,
Hugh V. •
May 26 – King Edward II of England and ships with more than 6,000 troops land on the coast of Ireland at
Larne to counter the
Scottish invasion of Ireland led by Edward Bruce. •
June 15 – King
James II of Aragon is married by proxy to
Marie of Lusignan, daughter of King
Hugh III of Cyprus, at a ceremony attended by James's representative at
Nicosia.
July – September •
July 3 – King Louis X abolishes
serfdom in the Kingdom of France. •
July 6 – In Germany,
Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg is married to Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg, daughter of
Albert II, Duke of Saxony. The marriage produces an heir,
Albert II, who will become
Duke of Mecklenburg in 1348. •
July 22 –
Siege of Carlisle: Scottish forces led by King
Robert the Bruce besiege
Carlisle Castle in England, but the stronghold holds out, due to a well-conducted defense organized by
Andrew Harclay and the siege is abandoned by August 1. •
July 24 –
Otto II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben, dies without leaving any heirs, bringing an end to the Principality. His assets are seized by his cousin and creditor, Bishop Albert of Halberstadt. •
July 28 – King Louis X of France issues a charter in allowing expelled Jews to come back to France, but under strict conditions. The French Jews will be allowed to stay in the country for 12 years, after which their right to remain will be reviewed. Jewish people are required to wear armbands in public for identification, can live only in designated communities and are forbidden from
usury. Through this, the Jewish community will depend upon the king for their right to protection. In December, Sultan
Ismail I of Granada implements similar rules for the Jews in the Spanish kingdom, directing Jews to wear a
yellow badge in public. •
July 31 – King Louis X of France mobilizes an army along the Flemish border. He prohibits the export of grain and other goods to
Flanders – which proves challenging to enforce. Louis pressures officers of the Church at the borderlands, as well as King
Edward II, to support his effort to prevent Spanish merchant vessels from trading with the embargoed Flemish cities. •
August 1 – After a 10-day siege of the stronghold at Carlisle, King Robert of Scotland withdraws on
August 1. During the Scots' presence in Cumbria, Scottish forces under
James the Black raid
Copeland and plunder
St Bees Priory. •
August 29 –
Battle of Montecatini: The Pisan army (some 20,000 men) led by
Uguccione della Faggiuola defeats the allied forces of
Florence and
Naples. During the battle,
Philip I manages to escape, but his son
Charles of Taranto (titled the
Latin Emperor of Constantinople and his brother
Peter Tempesta are killed. •
September 3 (3 Jumada II 715 AH) –
Rumaythah ibn Abi Numayy, the former emir of Mecca, arrives at the court of the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt,
al-Nasir Muhammad in
Cairo. He receives pardon from the Sultan and seeks support against the new Emir,
Humaydah ibn Abi Numayy, who had killed his brother and predecessor,
Abu al-Ghayth. Al-Nasir sends Rumaythah back to
Mecca with an Egyptian army. However, six days before the relief army's arrival, Humaydah pillages and burns the castle at Wadi Marr, and destroys 2,000 date palm trees. •
September 10 – The
Battle of Connor is fought in
County Antrim in the north of Ireland as part of the
Bruce campaign in Ireland. Scottish-Irish forces commanded by
Edward Bruce, brother of Scotland's King Robert the Bruce, rout the army commanded by "The Red Earl",
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster. Those earls not captured by the Scottish army flee to
Carrickfergus Castle October – December •
October 9 –
Banastre Rebellion: A group of English knights start an uprising in
Lancashire and revenge themselves on
Thomas of Lancaster. After the rebellion,
Liverpool Castle is granted to
Robert de Holland. •
November 15 –
Battle of Morgarten: The Swiss defeat
Leopold of Austria on the shore of the
Ägerisee, ensuring independence for the
Swiss Confederation. •
November 17 – The marriage of King
James II of Aragon to Marie of Lusignan is performed in person after Marie has traveled to Spain, with the ceremony taking place at
Girona. •
December 9 – In Switzerland, the
Pact of Brunnen is signed between leaders of the
cantons of
Uri,
Schwyz and
Unterwalden at the city of
Brunnen in Schwyz as a mutual defense pact against an invasion by Austria. •
December 13 •
Gaston II of Foix-Béarn becomes the new French representative to rule the
Co-principality of Andorra after the death of his father,
Gaston I. • (3 Jumada II 715 AH)
Rumaythah ibn Abi Numayy arrives at Mecca with an Egyptian Army, led by the emirs Najm al-Din Damurkhan ibn Qaraman and Sayf al-Din Taydamur al-Jamadar, then spends two weeks in making plans to drive out the Emir
Humaydah ibn Abi Numayy. They loot Humaydah's castle at al-Khalf wal-Khulayf, plunder the wealth inside and capture his 12-year-old son, but Humaydah himself escapes to Iraq. == By topic ==