1296

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Years: 1293 1294 1295 - 1296 - 1297 1298 1299

Decades: 1260s 1270s 1280s - 1290s - 1300s 1310s 1320s

Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century 1296 state leaders

Events

• March 30 - Edward I stormed Berwick-upon-Tweed, sacking the then Scottish border town with much bloodshed. He slaughtered almost everyone who resided there, even if they fled to the churches.
• April 27 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England.
• 'Ala al-Din Khalji succeeds to the Delhi Sultanate, as a member of the Khilji dynasty.

Births

• August 10 - John I, Count of Luxemburg (died 1346)
• Marjorie Bruce, only daughter of Robert I of Scotland (died 1316)
• Shi Nai'an, Chinese author (died 1370)
• Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (died 1359)

Deaths

• February 8 - King Przemysł II of Poland (b. 1257)
• May 19 - Pope Celestine V (born 1215)
• June 5 - Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England (born 1245)
• August 8 - Hugh of Brienne, French crusader
• November 1 - Guillaume Durand, French canonist and writer
• Butvydas, Grand Prince of Lithuania
• Dnyaneshwar, Hindu saint and poet (born 1275)
• Floris V, Count of Holland (born 1254)
• Jalal ud din Firuz Khilji, founder of the Khilji dynasty in India
• Isabella of Mar, wife of Robert I of Scotland
• William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke