1296

Events

 * - stormed, sacking the then  border town with much bloodshed. He slaughtered almost everyone who resided there, even if they fled to the churches.
 * - : The  are defeated by.
 * succeeds on the throne of the, as a member of the dynasty.
 * The Chinese diplomat spends a year at the court of the  King  at  and pens a journal setting forth his observations.

Births

 * - (died )
 * , only daughter of Robert I of Scotland (died )
 * , Chinese author (died )
 * , Archbishop of Thessalonica (died )

Deaths

 * - King (b. )
 * - (born )
 * -, son of (born )
 * -, French crusader
 * -, French canonist and writer
 * , Grand Prince of Lithuania
 * , Hindu saint and poet (born )
 * (born )
 * , founder of the dynasty in India
 * , wife of