1296

Years: 1293 1294 1295 - 1296 - 1297 1298 1299

Decades: 1260s 1270s 1280s - 1290s - 1300s 1310s 1320s

Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century 1296 state leaders

Events

• March 30 - Edward I stormed Berwick-upon-Tweed, sacking the then Scottish border town with much bloodshed. He slaughtered almost everyone who resided there, even if they fled to the churches.
• April 27 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England.
• 'Ala al-Din Khalji succeeds to the Delhi Sultanate, as a member of the Khilji dynasty.

Births

• Gregory Palamas

Deaths

• May 19 - Pope Celestine V
• June 5 - Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster (b. 1245)

See also: 1296, 1245, 1260s, 1270s, 1280s, 1290s, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1297