Count backwards from the present year

[Captain_Kuchiki]

1991: Operation Desert Storm begins, with air strikes against Iraq. Harald V becomes the new king of Norway.

[djy78usa]

1520:
- Suleiman I "The Magnificent" becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Hernando Cortes conquers what would become Mexico
-

[Whifflingpin]

1519
Cortez arrives in Mexico
Leonardo da Vinci dies
Charles V elected as Holy Roman Emperor

[pussnboots]

1518
Bona Sforza is crowned as queen of Poland.

[librarius_qui]

1517

Martin (L.) "publishes his 95 Theses (posting them on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church)".

The Jeronimos monastery at Lisbon is from this year as well, it seems ...

[glory]

With the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, his grandson Charles of Ghent becomes King of Spain as Carlos I.

The Reinheitsgebot is instituted in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, regulating the purity of beer permissible for sale.

[Niamh]

1515
Manchester grammer school is founded

[bree]

1514 Mary Tudor married Louis XII of France

[Niamh]

1513
Machiavelli writes the Prince

[djy78usa]

1512 - Michelangelo completes his work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

[Niamh]

1511
St. Johns College Cambridge is founded

[Whifflingpin]

1510 - Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic died

[semi-fly]

27 April 1509 - Pope Julius II places Venice under interdict and excommunication for refusing to cede part of Romagna to papal control.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1508

August: Juan Ponce de Leon arrives in Puerto Rico
December: League of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice)

[Whifflingpin]

1507
Martin Behaim (geographer) died

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1506

The Swiss Guard arrives at the Vatican, to serve as permanent ceremonial and palace guards under Pope Julius II.

[Thespian1975]

1505

Christ's College, Cambridge UK was founded

It was renamed Christ’s College from God's House and received its present charter in 1505 when it was endowed and expanded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1504

Christopher Columbus returns to Spain from his fourth voyage, after exploring the coast of Central America from Belize to Panama.

[bree]

1503

Treaty of everlasting peace signed between England and Scotland

[Whifflingpin]

"Treaty of everlasting peace signed between England and Scotland" - lasting nearly ten years :lol:

1502
Wittenburg University founded.

[lupe]

1501 - Copernicus formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1500

Pedro Álvares Cabral from Portugal discovers Brazil and claims the land for his country.

[Whifflingpin]

1499 Perkin Warbeck executed

[lupe]

1498 - The toothbrush is invented (!)

[Whifflingpin]

1497 - Philipp Melanchthon born

[_JadeRain_]

1496:
Jan 3rd - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.

[AmericanEagle]

1495 - The University of Aberdeen is founded.

[lupe]

1494 - Cristopher Columbus ''discovers'' Jamaica (though not reggae yet!)

[AmericanEagle]

1493 - Columbus "discovers" Puerto Rico

[Whifflingpin]

1492 - .......

[AmericanEagle]

1491 - King Henry VIII of England is born

[Whifflingpin]

1490 Aldus Manutius (founder of the Aldine press) moves to Venice

[Nightshade]

1489 - The Great British pound ( known as a sovereign) is first issued .

[AmericanEagle]

1488 - James IV of Scotland becomes king

[toni]

1487 - The witch-hunter manual Malleus Maleficarum is published.
- Hongzhi becomes Emperor of China (Ming dynasty).
- Aztec emperor Auitzotl dedicates the Great Temple Pyramid of Tenochtitlán
with thousands of human sacrifices.

[AmericanEagle]

1486 - King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York

[toni]

1485 - Leonardo da Vinci designed the ariel screw.

[AmericanEagle]

1484 - Bartolome de Las Casas is born

[toni]

1483 - Giovanni Bellini is named official painter of the Republic of Venice.

[AmericanEagle]

1482 - Maria of Aragon is born

[toni]

1481 - The famous Aztec Calendar Stone or "Sun Stone" is carved.

[AmericanEagle]

1480 - Margaret of Austria is born

[toni]

1479 - The Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire sign a peace treaty, for which Venice will cede Argo, Negroponte, Lemnos and Scutari, and pay an annual tribute of 10,000 golden ducati.

[AmericanEagle]

1478 - Thomas More is born

[Jazz_]

1477 - Battle of Nancy (the end of the Burgundian Wars)

[lupe]

1476 - Vlad III :eek:Dracula :eek:becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1475

The oldest recorded chess game takes place: Francesco di Castellvi, a lord of several towns in the area of Jativa and Valencia, Spain and advisor in the Aragonese court of King Ferdinand plays Narciso Vinyoles. He was one of the co-authors of the 'scachs d'amor' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scachs_d'amor)(Chess of Love), a Catalan poem that describes the first modern game of chess.

[Chilly]

1474 A civil war breaks out in the kingdom of Castile after Henry IV dies. Isabella, his daughter, becomes queen.

[AmericanEagle]

1473 - Nicolaus Copernicus is born

[Chilly]

1472
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena-The oldest surviving bank in the world is founded.

[lupe]

1471 - King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI

[Chilly]

1470 The War of Roses continues: the battle of Lose-coat field is won by the house of York; the Earl of Warwick stages a rebellion, makes King Edward flee England, frees Henry VI from the tower of London and restores him to the throne

[AmericanEagle]

1469 - Niccolo Machiavelli is born

[Chilly]

1468- Johannes Gutenberg dies.

[Whifflingpin]

1467 - Sigismund the Old born. Or, presumably, Sigismund the Not Very Old in 1467.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1466

The Chimú Empire is conquered by troops of the Inca.

[Whifflingpin]

Bernardo Accolti - poet & extemporist - born in Arezzo

[AmericanEagle]

1464 - Pope Paul II becomes the 211th pope

[toni]

1463 - Birth of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, Italian patron of the arts

[lupe]

1462 - Birth of Louis XII, the Just, King of France (1498-1515)

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1461

New heavy taxes for the Swedes: The Danish King Kristian I needs money to be able to hold on to the recently purchased Schleswig-Holstein. Borders moved about quite a bit in those days...

[AmericanEagle]

1460 - Portuguese navigators reach the coast of Sierra Leone

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1459

The city of Jodhpur, in western India, is founded by Rao Jodha of Marwar.

[Jazz_]

1458 - Isabelle Romee (Joan of Arc's mother) dies

[AmericanEagle]

1457 - King Henry VII of England is born

[Chilly]

1456
Vlad III Dracula becomes Prince of Wallachia
Cape Verde Islands are discovered
Poet Juan de Mena dies.

[AmericanEagle]

1455 - The Wars of the Roses begin

[Chilly]

1454-Amerigo Vespucci is born

[AmericanEagle]

1453 - Johann Gutenberg invents the printing press

[Chilly]

1452-Leonardo Da Vinci is born.

[AmericanEagle]

1451 - Christopher Columbus is born

[Chilly]

1450-the city of Zimbabwe is abandoned making the destruction of the Zimbabwe empire complete.

[AmericanEagle]

1449 - Pope Nicholas V is elected

[Chilly]

1448-King Kristoffer of Denmark, Norway and Sweden dies with no heir. By the end of the year, Denmark is its own kingdom, and Sweden is its own kingdom. Norway joins the kingdom of Denmark.

[AmericanEagle]

1447 - Vlad II Dracul dies

[Chilly]

1446-the hangul alphabet is created in Korea

[AmericanEagle]

1445 - Senegal and Cape Verde are "discovered"

[lupe]

1444 - Birth of Sandro Botticelli, the famous Italian painter

[AmericanEagle]

1443 - Pope Julius II is born

[Chilly]

1442-King Edward IV is born in England.

[AmericanEagle]

1441 - King's College is founded

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1440

Eton College is founded by Henry VI.

[AmericanEagle]

1439 - Pope Pius III is born

[Whifflingpin]

1438 - King Duarte of Portugal dies of the plague

[Jazz_]

1437 - James I of Scotland is stabbed

[AmericanEagle]

1436 - Paris is recaptured by the French

[Jazz_]

1435 - Xuande (Chinese Emperor) dies

[AmericanEagle]

1434 - Alexandra of Lithuania dies

[Nightshade]

1433 The Ming Dynasty in China disbands their naval fleet after the last great maritime expedition led by Admiral Zheng He, altering the balance of power in the Indian Ocean and making it easier for Portugal and other Western naval powers to gain dominance over the seas.
( courtesy of wikipedia!)

[Whifflingpin]

1432 Abdication of Jacqueline, Countess of Hainault

[Nightshade]

1431 Joan of Arc is handed over to the English tried for hersey and executed by burning on the 30th of May.

[AmericanEagle]

1430 - Christine de Pizan dies

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1429

French troops under Joan of Arc rescues Orleans

[Nightshade]

1428 Joan of Arc hears voices.

[toni]

1427 - The first witch hunts begin, in Switzerland.

[Jazz_]

Pipo of Ozora (Hungarian military leader) dies

[Frankie Anne]

1426 - New Years Day was a Tuesday

[Jazz_]

Sorry, forgot to put the year last time :p

1425 - Beijing becomes the largest city in the world

[lupe]

1424 - Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews

[Dinkleberry2010]

1423 - first printed books in Europe

[Lokasenna]

1422 - King Henry V of England dies.

[Dinkleberry2010]

(Dec.)1421 - Henry VI is born. Nine months later he is king of England.

[lupe]

1420 - Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English

[Lokasenna]

1419 - The First Defenestration of Prague

[Dinkleberry2010]

1418 - The Council of Constance ended the Western Schism by disposing the remaining Papal claiments and electing Pope Martin V

[lupe]

1417 - Oct 18th - Pope Gregory XII dies

[Dinkleberry2010]

the French fleet defeated by the English

[Mathor]

1415 - Henry V of England is informed of the Southampton Plot against him; he has the leaders arrested and executed before invading France.

[lupe]

1414 - Birth of Jami, the famous Persian poet

[Jackiemaggio]

1413-March 21 – Henry V becomes King of England.

[Dinkleberry2010]

1412 - Joan of Arc is born

[lupe]

1411 - Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place.

[Dinkleberry2010]

1410 - Ptolemy's map of the oceans is published.

[Whifflingpin]

1409 - University of Leipsic opens

[lupe]

1408 - Creation of the Order of the Dragon by the Emperor Sigismund

[chaneybean]

1407 started on a Saturday

[Dinkleberry2010]

1406 - Robert III king of Scotland died

[Whifflingpin]

1405

Birth of Skanderbeg

Death of Timur

[Dr Jekyll]

1404 - The University of Turin is established.

[Dinkleberry2010]

1403 - Henry IV defeated the Percys in the battle of Shrewsbury in England.

[Dr Jekyll]

1402 - The Great Comet is seen.

[lupe]

1401 - Mongol monarch Timur Lenk destroys Baghdad

[Dr Jekyll]

1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer dies.

[Dinkleberry2010]

1399 - King Richard II of England surrendered to his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, and Henry then declared himself king under the name Henry IV

[lupe]

1398 - Birth of Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet

[Whifflingpin]

What happened to the lost decade?

1387 Henriette of Mompelgard (later mother-in-law of Count Philipp of Katzenelnbogen) born. (not historically important, but I like the names.)

[Dinkleberry2010]

1397 - Italian painter Paolo Uccello was born

[lupe]

1396 -Battle of Nicopolis: Sultan Bajezid I defeats Crusades armies

Sorry, Whifflingpin, it was indeed 1398 - typing error

[Dr Jekyll]

1395 - birth of George of Trebizond, a Greek philosopher and scholar.

[Dinkleberry2010]

1394 - Jews were expelled from France by King Charles VI

[lupe]

1393 - Death of Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan

[Dr Jekyll]

1392 - Penistone Grammar School, one of the first community comprehensive schools in England, is founded near Barnsley, England.

[Whifflingpin]

1391 The Chinese invent toilet paper.

[Dr Jekyll]

1390 - Templo Mayor, the main temple of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan is built.

[lupe]

1389 - Ottomans defeat Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe.

[Dr Jekyll]

1388 - A combined force of Serbians, Bosnians and Bulgarians defeat an Ottoman invasion force in the Battle of Plocnik.

[lupe]

1387 - King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.

[Whifflingpin]

1386 - Germany's oldest university is founded in Heidelburg

[lupe]

1385 - Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota and retain independence

[Nikhar]

1384- Lisbon is besieged by the Castilian army, during the 1383-1385 Crisis.

PS:- Did you guys write this or not --> 1992- Nikhar Agrawal was born. :p

[Fen]

1383 - The transformation of the Saint-Antoine Gate into the Bastion de Saint-Antoine, more commonly known as The Bastille, is completed.

[hoope]

1382- In 1382, John Wycliffe suffered a stroke and had great difficulty writing and publishing his material.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1381

An army of peasants from Kent and Essex marched on London and did something unheard of before or since: Captured the Tower of London.

/Claes

[lupe]

1380 - Russians defeat Tatars at Kulikovo, beginning decline of Tatars

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1379

Swedes led by Albrecht of Mecklenburg invades parts of Skåne province held by Denmark but fails to conquer the region. Skåne is part of Sweden today.

[Taliesin]

We must never forget:
1378- Sa'im al-Dahr is hanged for blowing the nose off the Sphinx.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1377

Quite a year for the pope:

In January Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back from Avignon to Rome.

in February the Pope's representative in northern Italy, Robert of Geneva pillages Cesena and 4,000 antipapal rebels are massacred.

In May continuous riots in Rome forces the Pope to move back to Avignon for the time being. :rolleyes5:

[lupe]

1376 - England beat France in the Battle of Navarrete (Najera),

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1375

The Hanseatic League receives formal recognition from the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV of Luxembourg, who visits Lübeck. The league establishes common weights, measures, and coinage, arranges for the settlement of disputes at home and abroad, secures new trading privileges for its member cities, protects merchants and their goods on the road and at sea, draws up a Seebuch to help navigators find lighthouses, harbors, and buoys from Riga to Lisbon.

[Jazz_]

1374

Geoffrey Chaucer is granted a gallon of wine a day (for the rest of his life) by Edward III

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1373

Byzantine co-emperor Andronikos IV Palaiologos rebels against his father, John V Palaiologos, for agreeing to let Constantinople become a vassal of the Ottoman Empire. After the rebellion fails, Ottoman Emperor Murad I commands John V Palaiologos to blind his son.

[Jazz_]

1372

Battle of La Rochelle: The French & the Castilians defeat the English. The French gain control of the English Channel for the first time since 1340.

[lupe]

1371 - Serbs and Othoman army clash in the battle of Maritsa

[Lulim]

1370 -- The Treaty of Stralsund ends the war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League.

[Jazz_]

1369 - Hugues Aubriot founds the Bastille in Paris.

[lupe]

1368 - Zhu Yuanzhang becomes the Hongwu Emperor, initiating the three-centruries Ming Dynasty rule over China.

[Jazz_]

1367 - Charles V creates the first royal library in France.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1366


Comet Tempel-Tuttle passed the Earth at a distance of only 0.0229 AU.

As 1 Astronomical Unit = the mean distance from Earth to the sun = 150 million kilometers the distans would be appr 3435km, which in astronomical terms must be regarded as a near miss.

[lupe]

1365 - The University of Vienna is founded

[Whifflingpin]

1364 University of Cracow founded

[Jazz_]

1363 - The Byzantine Empire wins a naval battle over the Ottoman Empire near Megara, Greece

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1362

Waldemar Atterdag of Denmark defeats the Hanseatic League in a naval battle off Helsingborg.

[lupe]

1361 - Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet, dies at 69

[Jazz_]

1360 - Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March (military leader) dies

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1359

The Second Treaty of London was proposed by England, accepted by France, and signed in 1359. After Edward of Woodstook soundly defeated the French at Poitiers (during the Hundred Years' War), where they captured Jean II of France, the French were forced to accept the terms of the English. Based on the terms of the accord, England was permitted to annex much of western France.

It was later repudiated on 25 May by the French Estates-General, which felt that too much territory was being relinquished. This resulted in the English invasion of Calais, France on 28 October 1359. Eventually, the English were forced to accept the revised terms of the French and ultimately received Aquitaine.

[lupe]

1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1357

Influenza is first identified as a disease.

[BienvenuJDC]

AD 1356
The majority of the Great Pyramid of Giza's limestone casing stones are removed by Bahri Sultan An-Nasir Nasir-ad-Din al-Hasan to build fortresses and mosques in the nearby city of Cairo, leaving the first of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in the step-stone condition in which it remains today.



1363 - The Byzantine Empire wins a naval battle over the Ottoman Empire near Megara, Greece

And NCIS was there to investigate....

[lupe]

1355 - 1,200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1354

England resumes the Hundred Years' War after an interruption caused by the plague that will be called the Black Death.

[dafydd manton]

1353 Giovanni Boccaccio finishes the Decameron.

[Jesterhead]

1352 - The Ottoman Turk army crosses the Bosporus, entering the Balkans.

[Tarvaa]

1351 - The black death ends. it has taken about 50% of Europe's population since it emerged in 1548. That was about 200 million people in 3 years or so.:reddevil::yikes:

[dafydd manton]

1350 Philip VI of France died.

[lupe]

1349 - Thousands of Jews of Central Europe are exterminated, blamed for black death

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1348

The Black Death reaches Italy in the spring and kills people across Europe at a rate unheard of before or since.

[lupe]

1347 - English troops conquer Ft Calais

[Whifflingpin]

1346
Battle of Crecy - England beat France
Battle of Neville's Cross - England beat Scotland

[Jazz_]

1345 - English victory at the Battle of Auberoche in Gascony.

[lupe]

1344 - Adolf van der Mark, prince-bishop of Liege (1313-44), dies at 56

[Jazz_]

1333 - Burke Civil War begins in Ireland

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1332.

Paper (!) is introduced in Sweden.

[dafydd manton]

1331. Edward Balliol becomes King of Scotland

[LMK]

1330 - Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire

[adityasam]

1329

June 7, 1329, David II becomes the King of Scotland

[Jazz_]

1328 - England recognises Scotland as an independent nation after the Wars of Scottish Independence

[adityasam]

1327 - Edward III becomes King of England!

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1326

Formation of the University of Cambridge's second oldest (still surviving) college, Clare College, Cambridge.

[adityasam]

1325 - Muhammad bin Tughluq succeeds his father Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq as Sultan of Delhi.

[Whifflingpin]

1324 - Marco Polo died

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1323

Andrew Harclay was hanged, drawn and quartered :sick: in London for having attempted to conclude peace with Scotland.

Harclay, a commoner whose abilities lifted him into the nobility, may have been northern England’s most able military commander during the war between Robert the Bruce of Scotland (yes, that one) and the English King Edward II.

[Jazz_]

1322 - Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence

[adityasam]

1321 - Stefan Decanski becomes King of Serbia.

(Google and Wikipedia are benefiting a lot from this thread!)

[dafydd manton]

1320 - Declaration of Arbroath, supporting Robert the Bruce.

[Jazz_]

1319 - Three-year-old Magnus Eriksson is elected king of Sweden

(Yep - Google & Wikipedia used for every post :D)

[ReadingElmo]

1318 - Apr 1st - Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English.

[mrv]

(Google and Wikipedia are benefiting a lot from this thread!) :yesnod:

1317 (Jan 9th)- Philip V, The Tall, crowned King of France.

[Jazz_]

1316 - Pope John XXII succeeds Pope Clement V

I'm actually studying 14th century history at the moment ;)
Was just reading about Pope John XXII and the Holy Roman Emperor - pretty interesting :D

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1315

The Great Famine of 1315–1317 begun. It was the first of several major crises to strike Northern Europe, killing millions of people over several years, and ended an extended period of prosperity. It started with heavy rain in the spring of 1315, devastating crops through 1316 until the summer of 1317. It took Europe several years to recover somewhat. The period brought terrible rates of crime and disease, as well as mass death and even cannibalism and infanticide. Its consequences were felt for many years to come.

[Jazz_]

1314 - Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake.

What an eventful century ;)

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1313

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

[adityasam]

1312

October 13 – Pope Clement V forcibly disbands the Knights Templar. Some argue that this date is the basis for the stigma surrounding the "Friday the 13th".

[Jazz_]

1311 - Bolingbroke Castle passes to the House of Lancaster (couldn't find anything interesting for this year :()

[adityasam]

1310!

Basarab I, after the battle against the Tatars, is named "big prince" of Wallachia by the feudal lords of the region. The country remains under Hungarian domination until the Battle of Posada on 12 October 1330.

[Jazz_]

1309 - Pope Clement V settles the papal seat in Avignon

Wow - I'm getting deja vu (my lectures last week were on the Avignon popes :))

[adityasam]

1308!

The Capet-Anjou family begins to rule Hungary.

[Jazz_]

1307 - All Knights Templar in France are simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair, to be later tortured into "admitting" heresy.

Now that was an interesting year :D

[ReadingElmo]

1306 - Mar 25th - Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland

[adityasam]

1305

June 5 – Pope Clement V, formerly the Archbishop of Bordeaux Bertrand de Got, succeeds Pope Benedict XI as the 195th pope.

[Jazz_]

1304 - The peace treaty signed between the khanates of the Mongol Empire. The end of the civil war of the Mongols.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1303

One of the seven wonders of the world, the Lighthouse of Alexandria is destroyed by an earthquake.

[Jazz_]

1302 - Boniface VIII publishes the Papal bull Unam Sanctam - a firm statement of papal supremacy.

[adityasam]

1301

January 14 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary.

[Jazz_]

1300 - Accounts from England include a reference to a game called creag being played (generally agreed that creag was an early form of cricket)

[LMK]

1299 - Jan I, count of Holland/Zeeland (1295-99), dies at 15

[adityasam]

1298

July – Emperor Go-Fushimi succeeds Emperor Fushimi on the throne of Japan.

[LMK]

1297 - Sep 11th - Battle at Stirling Bridge, Scottish rebel Wm Wallace beats English

[Jazz_]

1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England.

[kiki1982]

1295 - let's have a look at what happened then...

Oh! That's a nice one, certainly in view of the one above!

23rd October: The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance was signed between Scotland and France in Paris against England :D.

[adityasam]

1294

July 5 – Pope Celestine V succeeds Nicholas IV as the 192nd pope.

[Jazz_]

1295 - let's have a look at what happened then...

Oh! That's a nice one, certainly in view of the one above!

23rd October: The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance was signed between Scotland and France in Paris against England :D.

Nice link there :p

Unfortunately mine is unrelated...

1293 - An earthquake in Kamakura, Japan kills an estimated 30,000.

[kiki1982]

:eek: that is a lot!! Fortunately they have come a long way in building since then...

Let's see...

1292 - oh, another Scottish thing: 17th of November, Edward I of England selects John Balliol as King of Scotland, but treats him as a puppet ruler of a vassal state, thus eventually provoking the Scottish wars of Independence starting in 1296.

I like the Scottish thing :D

[adityasam]

1291

Spring: Vandino and Ugolino Vivaldi set sail from Genoa with the goal of reaching India; they never return.

[Jazz_]

1290 - King Edward I of England orders all Jews (then numbering around 16,000) to leave England

Couldn't find anything Scottish - I'll leave that to you kiki :p

[kiki1982]

Nope nothing Scottish, but now come the Jews!

1289 - The Jews are expelled from Gascony and Anjou in France (where would our Edward have found his inspiration then?).

[Jazz_]

A found another Scottish one - pretty amusing actually ;)

1288 - The Scots Parliament creates a law allowing women to propose marriage to men during leap years; men who refuse such proposals are required to pay a fine to the spurned bride-to-be

[ClaesGefvenberg]

men who refuse such proposals are required to pay a fine to the spurned bride-to-beThat may have been costly for good looking blokes :lol:

1287
A huge storm and associated storm tide in the North Sea and English Channel, known as St. Lucia's flood in the Netherlands, kills thousands and reshapes the coastal life of the Netherlands and England forever. In the Netherlands, a fringing barrier between the North Sea and a shallow lake in Holland collapses, causing the fifth largest flood in recorded history which creates the Zuider Zee inlet and kills over 50,000 people; it also gives sea access to Amsterdam, allowing its development as an important port city. In England, the city of Winchelsea on Romney Marsh is destroyed; nearby Broomhill also destroyed; course of the nearby river Rother diverted to Rye; cliff collapses at Hastings, blocking the harbour; parts of Norfolk are flooded; the port of Dunwich in Suffolk begins its decline.

The Mongol Golden Horde, led by khan Talabuga and Nogai Khan, attacks Poland for the third time. Lublin, Mazovia, Sandomierz and Sieradz are ravaged by the invaders, who are defeated in Kraków.

[Jazz_]

That may have been costly for good looking blokes :lol:

Very true :p

I found yet another Scottish one ;)

1286 - King Alexander III of Scotland dies in a horse accident with only Queen Yolande de Dreux's unborn child and 3-year-old Margaret, Maid of Norway as heirs; this sets the stage for the First War of Scottish Independence and increased influence of England over Scotland.

[adityasam]

1285

April 2 - Pope Honorius 4 succeds Pope Martin 4 as the 190th Pope.

[Jazz_]

1284 - The Republic of Venice begins coining the ducat, a gold coin that is to become the standard of European coinage for the following 600 years.

[adityasam]

1283

June 1 – The young Duke Rudolph II of Austria is forced to yield his claim on the Duchies of Austria and Styria to his elder brother, Albert I of Germany , under the Treaty of Rheinfelden .

[mrv]

1282

Mar 30th - The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.

[Jazz_]

1281 - Pope Martin IV authorises a Crusade against the newly re-established Byzantine Empire in Constantinople.

[adityasam]

1280

Construction on the northern section of the Grand Canal of China is begun.

[Jazz_]

1279 - The Royal Mint of England moves into the Tower of London.

[kiki1982]

That last Scottish one is a little sad for goodlooking blokes with a ecret lover actually! :lol:
I mean, imagine, there you are, goodlooking and your parents want that you marry another than the girl next door. And then that ugly fattie from over the road comes to ask you (sees visions of Blackadder's Infanta) :lol: ouch 'Will have to convince parents before next time, will have to convince parents before next year... Or otherwise run off to Gretna Green...'

So, 1278 - August 26 – Battle of Marchfield: Kings Rudolph I of Germany and Ladislaus IV of Hungary defeat King Otakar II of Bohemia in a match of over 80,000 men and the largest battle of knights in the Middle Ages. The battle ends a power struggle between Rudolph and Otakar over the fate of central Europe, and Rudolph's Habsburg family will continue to rule Austria and other captured territories until the end of World War I in 1918.

[dafydd manton]

1277m and the irony of life. Mameluk leader of Egypt Zahir Baybars, otherwise known as Baybars-al-Bunduqdari, in trying to poison a rival, Malik Kaher, was the subject of a swap of drinking vessels, wshich was awkward because Baybars finished up killing himself. Oddly, he was reputed to have blue eyes, odd for an Egyptian (well one blue and the other with a cataract). Maybe that's why he didn't notice which Koumiss was his!

[adityasam]

1276

January 21 – Pope Innocent V succeeds Pope Gregory X as the 185 th pope .

[Jazz_]

1275 - The first of the Statutes of Westminster are passed by the English Parliament, establishing equal treatment of rich and poor, free and fair elections, and definition of bailable and non-bailable offences.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1274

The Second Council of Lyons, held by the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church convenes to consider the liberation of the Holy Land via Crusades and address the East-West Schism with the Byzantine church. The Council eventually approves a tithe to support efforts to liberate the Holy Land from Muslims, and reaches apparent resolution of the schism which ultimately proves unsuccessful.

In Asia, Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty attempts its first invasion of Japan. The Mongols capture outlying islands, but are then repulsed on the main island at the Battle of Bun'ei by amassed Japanese warriors and a strong storm which batters their forces and fleet. Credit for the storm — called a kamikaze, or divine wind — is given by the Japanese to the god Raiden.

[Jazz_]

1273 – Rudolph I of Germany is elected King of Germany over rival candidate King Otakar II of Bohemia

[Delta40]

1272 - King Henry III died on 16 November 1272 at Westminster in London. He was buried in Westminster Abbey

[kiki1982]

1271 - 1st September: Pope Gregory X succeeds Clement IX as a compromise candidate between French and Italian cardinals. His election was the result of a three year conclave, the longest to date.

[adityasam]

1270 - The siege of Tunis and the Eighth Crusade end by an agreement between Charles I of Sicily (Louis IX's brother) and the sultan of Tunis.

[Jazz_]

1269 - King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.

[adityasam]

1268 - February 18 – Battle of Rakvere: The Livonian Order is defeated by Dovmont of Pskov.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

1267

Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps, and Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb. Sinister when compared to some more recent events...

Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV. Also rather sinister, knowing what it led to...

[adityasam]

1266 - February 26 – Battle of Benevento: The army of Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by King Manfred of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.

[katelbach]

1265: Mongol armies raided Thrace! That bloody Nogai Khan up to his old tricks.

[Jazz_]

1264 - The Second Barons' War, a civil war in England, begins.