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1313 CE

William de Sancto Claro, the Bishop of Dunkeld and commonly known as William Sinclair, is issued a safe conduct pass by England's King Edward II in order to return to Scotland from Rome. Pope Clement V declares Naples to be under papal protection. He names King Robert the Wise of Naples, "Senator of Rome". Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland delivers an ultimatum at a meeting of the Scottish nobles at an assembly in Dundee, giving Scots who have not yet come into his peace agreement a year to swear fealty to him or lose all their estates. The Scottish nobles of Lothian appeal to Edward II for protection, who promises to bring an English expeditionary force by midsummer in 1314.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • February 7 – (12th waxing of Tabaung, 674 ME) In what is now the Mandalay Region of central Myanmar in Asia, Burmese King Thihathu proclaims the Pinya Kingdom, to separate the area from the Myinsaing Kingdom. Thihathu appoints his son, Kyawswa I of Pinya, to replace him as the Viceroy of Pinle in Myinsaing.source
  • June 21 – In Germany, peace is made between Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria, and his younger brother, Louis the Bavarian, with Rudolf having control of the Electoral Palatinate, in return for supporting the election of Louis as the next Holy Roman Emperor.source
  • September 23 – The English Parliament is called into session for the fourth time in less than 12 months, after three unsuccessful attempts to assemble members. King Edward II persuades the session to pass a tax bill for revenues to be collected by the following June in order to finance a new campaign against Scotland.source
  • Tran Anh Tong, emperor of Annam (Northern Vietnam), occupies Champa (Southern Vietnam) and establishes the Cham royal dynasty as puppet rulers.source

Conflict & Security

  • January 8 – King Robert the Bruce of Scotland recaptures Perth Castle from the English, then orders the walls and the building to be destroyed in order to prevent it from ever being used by the English again as a garrison.source
  • May 6 – In India, Veera Virupaksha Ballala, son and heir of Emperor Veera Ballala III of the Hoysala Empire, returns to the capital, Halebidu (now a ruins in the state of Karnataka), after two years as a hostage. Emperor Ballala III had agreed to leave his son behind at Delhi for two years as part of his surrender to the Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khalji.source
  • May 17 – Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, leads an invasion of the Isle of Man, landing at Ramsey with a multitude of ships and captures it within five days. The only resistance is presented by the lord of Castle Rushen, and King Robert concentrates his efforts on a siege of the castle starting on May 22.source
  • June 12 – Castle Rushen, on the Isle of Man, surrenders to Scotland's King Robert the Bruce after a siege of three weeks.source
  • August 8 – Emperor Henry VII begins a campaign against King Robert of Naples ("Robert the Wise"). Henry's allies are loath to join him and his 15,000-man army, supported by 4,000 knights, while the imperial fleet is prepared to attack King Robert's realm directly.source
  • August 9 – In the town of Horsens in Denmark, Eric of Jutland reaches a settlement with King Eric VI Menved and receives the Duchy of Schleswig in return for renouncing all claims to Langeland.source
  • October 21 – Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland delivers an ultimatum at a meeting of the Scottish nobles at an assembly in Dundee, giving Scots who have not yet come into his peace agreement a year to swear fealty to him or lose all their estates. The Scottish nobles of Lothian appeal to Edward II for protection, who promises to bring an English expeditionary force by midsummer in 1314.source
  • November 9 – Battle of Gammelsdorf: German forces led by Louis IV the Bavarian" defeat his cousin Frederick the Fair, at Gammelsdorf, who is supported by Leopold I the Glorious, Duke of Austria. During the battle, Louis' smaller force does not pursue Frederick's defeated army. He is forced to renounce his tutelage over the young dukes of Lower Bavaria (Henry XIV, Otto IV and Henry XV). The conflict causes a stir within the Holy Roman Empire.source
  • December 26 – Three days after receiving authorization from the English Parliament for a feudal levy, King Edward II issues a summons for eight earls and 87 barons to muster their troops at Berwick-upon-Tweed by June 10 for an invasion of Scotland.source

Religion & Belief

  • February 3 – William de Sancto Claro, the Bishop of Dunkeld and commonly known as William Sinclair, is issued a safe conduct pass by England's King Edward II in order to return to Scotland from Rome.source
  • March 28 – Francesco da Barberino of Tuscany receives a doctorate of both civil law and canonical law, by a bull issued by Pope Clement V.source
  • April 20 – The Duchy of Masovia in Poland is divided among the three sons of Boleslaw II upon his death, with Siemowit II creating the Duchy of Rawa (with a capital at Rawa Mazowiecka), Trojden receiving Czersk and Wenceslaus receiving Płock.source
  • May 5 – Seventeen years after his death in prison in Ferentino, the later Pope Celestine V is canonized as a Roman Catholic saint.source
  • May 28 – Thomas Cobham, Archdeacon of Lewes, is elected by his peers to be the Archbishop of Canterbury in England, but King Edward II intervenes and asks Pope Clement V to cancel the result. The Pope installs Walter Reynolds as the new archbishop on October 1.source
  • June 13 – Pope Clement V declares Naples to be under papal protection. He names King Robert the Wise of Naples, "Senator of Rome".source
  • King Stefan Milutin, one of the most powerful rulers of Serbia, founds the Banjska Monastery (approximate date).source

Science & Discovery

  • Wang Zhen, Chinese agronomist, government official and inventor of wooden-based movable type printing, publishes the Nong Shu ("Book of Agriculture").source

Disasters & Accidents

  • April 22 – On the first Sunday after Easter, the French ship Ste Marie is shipwrecked on England's Isle of Wight at Chale Bay. Residents nearby loot the ship of its cargo, casks of wine belonging to Regimus de Depe of Aquitaine. As an act of penance, the Lord of Chale, Walder de Godeton, builds the St Catherine's Oratory.source

Births

  • February 9 – Maria of Portugal, queen consort of Castile (d. 1357)source
  • February 14 – Thomas Beauchamp, English nobleman (d. 1369)source
  • April 17 – Constantine III of Armenia, king of Cilician Armenia (d. 1362)source
  • June 16 – Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet and writer (d. 1375)source
  • July 20 – John Tiptoft, English nobleman and chancellor (d. 1367)source
  • August 1 – Kōgon, emperor of Japan (Northern Court) (d. 1364)source
  • November 16 – Ibn al-Khatib, Arab polymath and writer (d. 1374)source
  • Guy of Boulogne, French archbishop and diplomat (d. 1373)source
  • Cola di Rienzo, Italian ruler (de facto) and politician (d. 1354)source
  • Blanche of France, French princess (House of Capet) (d. 1358)source
  • Bartolus de Saxoferrato, Italian professor and jurist (d. 1357)source

Deaths

  • February 28 – John Hastings, English nobleman, knight and peer (b. 1262)source
  • April 13 – Guillaume de Nogaret, French statesman and councillor (b. 1260)source
  • April 20 – Bolesław II, Polish nobleman, prince and co-ruler (House of Piast)source
  • May 11 – Robert Winchelsey, English archbishop and theologian (b. 1245)source
  • May 14 – In Poland, Bolko II of Opole and his brother Albert of Strzelce become the new rulers of Opole and Upper Silesia upon the death of their father, Bolko I.source
  • May 14 – Bolko I, Polish nobleman and co-ruler (House of Piast) (b. 1258)source
  • June 18 – John de Burgh ("John Burke"), Irish nobleman and knight (b. 1286)source
  • July 24 – Ralph Baldock (Ralph Baldoc), English bishop and Lord Chancellorsource
  • August 10 – Guido de Baysio, Italian canonist, professor, jurist and writersource
  • August 24 – A week after contracting malaria during the siege of the Tuscan city of Siena, the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII dies of malaria at Buonconvento. His 17-year-old son, John of Bohemia, will succeed him and will become one of the seven prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire. Upon learning of the Henry's death, Louis, Duke of Bavaria goes to war against his cousin, Frederick the Fair, Duke of Austria and Styria, as both compete to be elected the new Emperor, a competition which will eventually be resolved in favour of Louis.source
  • September 24 – Philip Despenser, English nobleman and knight (b. 1290)source
  • September 29 – Imagina of Limburg, queen consort of Germany (b. 1255)source
  • October 28 – Elisabeth of Carinthia, queen consort of Germany (b. 1262)source
  • November 18 – Constance of Portugal, queen consort of Castile (b. 1290)source