Nice link thereOriginally Posted by 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.
Unfortunately mine is unrelated...
1293 - An earthquake in Kamakura, Japan kills an estimated 30,000.
~ I cannot stand people who are not serious about food. It is so shallow of them. (Oscar Wilde)~
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
One has to laugh before being happy, because otherwise one risks to die before having laughed.
"Je crains [...] que l'âme ne se vide à ces passe-temps vains, et que le fin du fin ne soit la fin des fins." (Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Acte III, Scène VII)
1291
Spring: Vandino and Ugolino Vivaldi set sail from Genoa with the goal of reaching India; they never return.
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
~ I cannot stand people who are not serious about food. It is so shallow of them. (Oscar Wilde)~
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?).
One has to laugh before being happy, because otherwise one risks to die before having laughed.
"Je crains [...] que l'âme ne se vide à ces passe-temps vains, et que le fin du fin ne soit la fin des fins." (Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Acte III, Scène VII)
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
~ I cannot stand people who are not serious about food. It is so shallow of them. (Oscar Wilde)~
That may have been costly for good looking blokes
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.
Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
Very trueThat may have been costly for good looking blokes
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.
~ I cannot stand people who are not serious about food. It is so shallow of them. (Oscar Wilde)~
1285
April 2 - Pope Honorius 4 succeds Pope Martin 4 as the 190th Pope.
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.
~ I cannot stand people who are not serious about food. It is so shallow of them. (Oscar Wilde)~
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 .
1282
Mar 30th - The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.
1281 - Pope Martin IV authorises a Crusade against the newly re-established Byzantine Empire in Constantinople.
~ I cannot stand people who are not serious about food. It is so shallow of them. (Oscar Wilde)~
1280
Construction on the northern section of the Grand Canal of China is begun.
1279 - The Royal Mint of England moves into the Tower of London.
~ I cannot stand people who are not serious about food. It is so shallow of them. (Oscar Wilde)~
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