1297

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Years: 1294 1295 1296 - 1297 - 1298 1299 1300

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

Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century 1297 state leaders

Events

• 8 January - Monaco gains independence.
• English Church refuses to pay taxes, resulting in crisis.
• William Wallace begins his revolt against the English.
• Canonization of Louis IX, King of France
• August 28 - Edward I unsuccessfully invades Flanders.
• 11 September - Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots of William Wallace defeat English.

Births

• March 25 - Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (d. 1364)
• August 14 - Emperor Hanazono of Japan (died 1348)
• Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (died 1351)
• Charles II of Alençon
• Kęstutis, Grand Prince of Lithuania (died 1382)
• Thomas Wake, English baron (died 1349)

Deaths

• August 19 - Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (born 1274)
• December 31 - Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (born 1249)