1294

Events

 * July 5 - succeeds  as the 192nd pope.
 * Autumn - In response to the actions of new royal administrators in north and west Wales, leads a revolt against his English overlords.
 * December 24 - succeeds  as the 193rd pope after Celestine V abdicates the papacy on  December 13, only five months after reluctantly accepting his surprise election on July 5, wishing to return to his life as an ascetic hermit.
 * The death of allows the four khanates of the Mongol Empire (the, the , the , and the  of ) to formally become independent; they each had already been moving toward independence during Kublai's reign.
 * , King of Scotland, decides to refuse King 's demands for support in a planned invasion of France, and instead informs the French of Edward's plans and negotiates the with France and .  These actions play a part in precipitating the, which begin in 1296.
 * The is rebuilt; it had been destroyed some years earlier in King 's conquest of Wales.
 * Architect designs the Florentine cathedral, better known simply as Il Duomo.  He also begins work on the , also in Florence.
 * England and Portugal enter into the first iteration of the, the oldest alliance in the world still in force.
 * and of France declare war on each other. To finance this war, both kings lay taxes on the clergy.  insists that kings gain papal consent of taxation of the clergy and forbids churchmen to pay taxes.

Births

 * (died )
 * , Japanese samurai (died )

Deaths

 * - of the Mongol Empire (born )
 * , English philosopher and scientist
 * Emperor
 * , Florentine philosopher (born c. )
 * , Grand Duke of Vladimir-Suzdal
 * , Florentine philosopher (born c. )
 * , Grand Duke of Vladimir-Suzdal
 * , Grand Duke of Vladimir-Suzdal