Asia •
February 18 –
Kublai Khan dies; by this time the separation of the four khanates of the
Mongol Empire (the
Chagatai Khanate in Central Asia, the
Golden Horde in Russia, the
Ilkhanate in Persia, and the
Yuan Dynasty in China) has deepened.
Europe •
March 30 – A Novgorodian army led by Prince Roman Glebovich attempts a storm of
Vyborg, but the attack fails. • Spring – Following the arrival of a fleet from Sweden, an offensive takes place in which Sweden captures
Kexholm after an assault. • Autumn – In response to the actions of new royal administrators in north and west Wales,
Madog ap Llywelyn leads
a revolt against his English overlords. •
December 24 –
Pope Boniface VIII succeeds
Pope Celestine V, becoming the 193rd pope, after Celestine V abdicates the papacy on
December 13, only five months after reluctantly accepting his surprise election on July 5, wishing to return to his life as an ascetic hermit. •
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. •
Strata Florida Abbey is rebuilt; it had been destroyed some years earlier, during King
Edward I of England's conquest of Wales. • Architect
Arnolfo di Cambio designs
Florence Cathedral (
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, better known simply as
Il Duomo); he also begins work on the Basilica of
Santa Croce, Florence. •
England and
Portugal enter into the first iteration of the
Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, the oldest alliance in the world still in force. •
Edward I of England and
Philip the Fair of France declare war on each other. To finance this war, both kings lay taxes on the clergy.
Pope Boniface VIII insists that kings gain papal consent for taxation of the clergy, and forbids churchmen to pay taxes. == Births ==