Explore 63 historical events from 1300–1309.
The First War of Scottish Independence was the first of a series of different wars between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland. It lasted from the English invasion o…
First Scottish War of Independence: Sir John Stewart of Menteith, the pro-English Sheriff of Dumbarton, successfully…
Roger de Flor, also known as Ruggero/Ruggiero da Fiore or Rutger von Blum or Ruggero Flores, was an Italian military adventurer and condottiere active in Aragonese Sicily, Italy, a…
Roger de Flor, Italian military adventurer (born 1267)
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia was King of Bohemia (1278–1305), Duke of Cracow (1291–1305), and King of Poland (1296–1305).
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (born 1271)
Sir William Wallace was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence.
William Wallace, Scottish knight and rebel leader (born c.1270)
Pope Clement V was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1305 until his death. He is remembered for suppressing the order of the Knights Templar and allowi…
Raymond Bertrand de Got was elected Pope Clement V, succeeding Benedict XI, who died the previous year
Sir William Wallace was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence.
William Wallace, a leader of Scottish resistance against England during the Wars of Scottish Independence, was hanged,…
The Scottish wars (1296–1357) were two extended military conflicts in which the Kingdom of England attempted to establish control over the Kingdom of Scotland. In spite of signific…
Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle: King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War…
The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle was fought on 18 August 1304 between the French and the Flemish. The French were led by their king, Philip IV.
The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias.
Francis Petrarch was an Italian scholar and poet of the early Italian Renaissance, as well as one of the earliest Renaissance humanists.
Petrarch, Italian poet and scholar (died 1374)
Jehan de Lescurel was a composer-poet of late medieval music. Jehan's extensive surviving oeuvre is an important and rare examples of the formes fixes before the time of Guillaume …
Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer
Pope Benedict XI, born Nicola Boccasini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 October 1303 to his death on 7 July 1304.
Benedict XI, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1240)
Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore was the second son and eventual heir of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore. His mother was Maud de Braose.
Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer (born 1251)
Emperor Go-Fukakusa was the 89th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. This reign spanned the years 1246 through 1260.
Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (born 1243)
John II was Count of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland.
John II, Count of Holland (born 1247)
In 1303, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji captured the Chittor Fort from the Guhila king Ratnasimha, after an eight month long siege. The conflict has been described in se…
Chittorgarh falls to the Delhi Sultanate.
Guillaume de Nogaret was a French statesman, councilor and keeper of the seal to Philip IV of France.
Guillaume de Nogaret takes Pope Boniface VIII prisoner on behalf of Philip IV of France.
Ivo of Kermartin, TOSF, also known as Yvo, Yves, or Ives, was a parish priest among the poor of Louannec, the only one of his station to be canonized in the Middle Ages. He is the …
Saint Ivo of Kermartin, French canon lawyer (born 1253)
Henry of Castile, called the Senator, was a Castilian infante, the fourth son of Ferdinand III of Castile by his first wife, Beatrice of Swabia.
Henry of Castile the Senator, Spanish nobleman (born 1230)
Gregory Bicskei was a prelate in the Kingdom of Hungary at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. He was the elected Archbishop of Esztergom between 1298 and 1303. Supporting the…
Gregory Bicskei, archbishop of Esztergom
The Sapienza University of Rome, also known as La Sapienza, is a public research university located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1303 and is one of the world's oldest universi…
The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII
The Bahri Mamluks, sometimes referred to as the Bahri dynasty, were the rulers of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt from 1250 to 1382, following the Ayyubid dynasty. The members of the…
The Bahri Mamluks defeat the Ilkhanate in the battle of Marj al-Saffar, marking the end of the Mongol incursions into Sy
The Matins of Bruges was the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges and their Leliaards supporters, a political faction in favour of French rule, on 18 May 1302 by the…
Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia
The Battle of Bapheus occurred on 27 July 1302, between an Ottoman Turkish army under Osman I and a Byzantine army under George Mouzalon. The battle ended in a crucial Ottoman vict…
Battle of Bapheus: Decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines opening up Bithynia for Turkish conquest.
Robert II was the Count of Artois, the posthumous son and heir of Robert I and Matilda of Brabant. He was a nephew of two kings; Louis IX of France and Charles I of Sicily.
Robert II, Count of Artois (born 1250)