1297

Year 1297 (MCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1297 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1297
MCCXCVII
Ab urbe condita2050
Armenian calendar746
ԹՎ ՉԽԶ
Assyrian calendar6047
Balinese saka calendar1218–1219
Bengali calendar704
Berber calendar2247
English Regnal year25 Edw. 1  26 Edw. 1
Buddhist calendar1841
Burmese calendar659
Byzantine calendar6805–6806
Chinese calendar丙申年 (Fire Monkey)
3993 or 3933
     to 
丁酉年 (Fire Rooster)
3994 or 3934
Coptic calendar1013–1014
Discordian calendar2463
Ethiopian calendar1289–1290
Hebrew calendar5057–5058
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1353–1354
 - Shaka Samvat1218–1219
 - Kali Yuga4397–4398
Holocene calendar11297
Igbo calendar297–298
Iranian calendar675–676
Islamic calendar696–697
Japanese calendarEinin 5
(永仁5年)
Javanese calendar1208–1209
Julian calendar1297
MCCXCVII
Korean calendar3630
Minguo calendar615 before ROC
民前615年
Nanakshahi calendar−171
Thai solar calendar1839–1840
Tibetan calendar阳火猴年
(male Fire-Monkey)
1423 or 1042 or 270
     to 
阴火鸡年
(female Fire-Rooster)
1424 or 1043 or 271
The present-day Stirling Bridge (2006)
William Wallace (c. 1270–1305)

Events

Europe

  • January 8 Guelph forces led by the Genoese leader François Grimaldi (Malizia) storm and capture the Rock of Monaco. François disguised as a Franciscan friar gains entry to the city and opens the gates for his soldiers. He seizes the castle with his stepson Rainier I; an event that is commemorated on the Monegasque coat of arms. Rainier becomes the first sovereign ruler of the House of Grimaldi in Monaco (until 1301).
  • Treaty of Alcañices: Kings Denis I (the Poet King) and the 11-year-old Ferdinand IV (the Summoned) (under the guidance of his mother, Queen-Regent Maria de Molina) sign a treaty between Portugal and Castile, which establishes an alliance of friendship and mutual defense, leading to a peace of 40 years between the two kingdoms.[1]
  • August 20 Battle of Furnes: French forces under Robert II defeat the Flemings at Veurne. During the battle, Robert's son Philip of Artois is gravely wounded and dies a year later of his wounds.[2]

England

  • April 14 King Edward I (Longshanks) makes an appeal outside Westminster Hall for support for the war against France. He apologizes for the high tax demands he has previously levied. Edward asks the Barons (some 1,500 knights) to swear allegiance to his 12-year-old son, Prince Edward of Caernarfon. Aware of the dangers of the opposition to his power, Edward appears before a large crowd and receives total loyalty.
  • May William Wallace, Scottish rebel leader, leads an uprising against the English at Lanark and kills Sheriff William Hesselrig. He joins with William Douglas the Hardy, the first Scottish nobleman in rebellion – combining forces at Sanquhar, Durisdeer and Scone Abbey (known as the Raid on Scone) in June. Later, Wallace captures the English treasury at Scone to finance the rebellion against Edward I (Longshanks).[3]
  • Summer Edward I (Longshanks) orders a punitive expedition against the rebellious Scots. At Roxburgh, an army of some 9,000 men (including 2,000 cavalry) led by John de Warenne is assembled. Meanwhile, William Wallace leaves the forest of Selkirk with reinforcements and turns his attention north of the Forth River.[4]
  • July In Scotland, a group of nobles forms a confederacy (organized by Robert Wishart, bishop of Glasgow), but are defeated by English troops at Irvine. An agreement of submission to Edward I (Longshanks) is signed by the future Scottish king Robert I (the Bruce) and other Scottish leaders.
  • August 22 Edward I (Longshanks) leads an expedition to Flanders. He moves with an army (some 8,000 men) supported by 800 knights to Ghent and makes the city his base of operations in Flanders.
  • September 11 Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scottish forces (some 6,000 men) led by Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeat an English army under John de Warenne at Stirling, on the Forth River.[5]
  • OctoberNovember Scottish forces led by William Wallace begin raids in Northumberland and Cumberland. During a ceremony at Selkirk, Wallace is knighted and appointed Guardian of Scotland.[6]
  • Winter Edward I (Longshanks) accepts a truce proposed by King Philip IV (the Fair) and leaves Flanders. He returns to London and prepares a campaign against William Wallace in Scotland.

Religion

  • May 3 Stefano Colonna, Italian chief magistrate and papal official, captures the treasure of the Tomb of Caecilia Metella near Rome, which is sent by the rival Caetani family to Pope Boniface VIII.[7]
  • July 11 Late king Louis IX (the Saint) is canonized by Boniface VIII. Louis a devout Christian of the Catholic Church, banned during his reign prostitution, gambling, blasphemy and judicial duels.[8]
  • Boniface VIII attempts to end the rivalry between Genoa and Pisa over the Tyrrhenian islands of Sardinia and Corsica, naming King James II (the Just) as regent of the islands.
  • A Portuguese Water Dog is first described in a monk's report of a drowning sailor, who has been pulled from the sea by a dog.[9]

Births

  • March 25
    • Andronikos III (Palaiologos), Byzantine emperor (d. 1341)
    • Arnošt of Pardubice, Czech archbishop and advisor (d. 1364)
  • July 8 Tarabya I, Burmese ruler (House of Myinsaing) (d. 1339)
  • August 14 Hanazono, Japanese emperor and poet (d. 1348)
  • Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Marinid ruler of Morocco (d. 1351)
  • Bernardo Canaccio, Italian nobleman, poet and writer (d. 1360)
  • Charles II (Magnanimous), French nobleman and knight (d. 1346)
  • Ernest I, German nobleman and prince (House of Welf) (d. 1361)
  • Ingeborg Eriksdottir, Norwegian princess and co-regent (d. 1357)
  • Isabella of Sabran, Spanish noblewoman and princess (d. 1315)
  • Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania (House of Gediminids) (d. 1382)
  • Mary de Monthermer (or MacDuff), English noblewoman (d. 1371)
  • Thomas Wake, English nobleman, governor and knight (d. 1349)
  • Yanagiwara Sukeakira, Japanese nobleman (kugyō) (d. 1353)

Deaths

  • January 23 Florent of Hainaut, Latin prince of Achaea (b. 1255)
  • February 22 Margaret of Cortona, Italian nun and saint (b. 1247)
  • April 7 Siegfried II, German nobleman and archbishop (b. 1258)
  • May 21 Judith of Habsburg, Bohemian queen consort (b. 1271)
  • June 11 Jangmok, Korean princess and queen consort (b. 1259)
  • June 27 Bérard de Goth, French cardinal, bishop and diplomat
  • August 13 Gertrude of Aldenberg, German noblewoman (b. 1227)
  • August 14 Frederick III, German nobleman and knight (b. 1220)
  • August 16 John II, Byzantine emperor of Trebizond (b. 1262)
  • August 18 Simon de Beaulieu, French nobleman and bishop
  • August 19 Louis of Toulouse, Neapolitan archbishop (b. 1274)
  • August 20 William Fraser, Scottish monk, chancellor and bishop
  • September 11 Hugh de Cressingham, English advisor and knight
  • November 21 Roger de Mowbray, English nobleman (b. 1254)
  • December 28 Hugh Aycelin, French priest and cardinal (b. 1230)
  • Andrew Moray (or de Moray), Scottish nobleman and rebel leader
  • Hesso of Baden, German nobleman, co-ruler and knight (b. 1268)
  • Louis of Brienne, French nobleman and knight (House of Brienne)
  • Muktabai (or Mukta), Indian religious leader and mystic (b. 1279)
  • Nikephoros I (Komnenos Doukas), Latin ruler (despot) of Epirus
  • Radulphus de Canaberiis, French nobleman, teacher and canon
  • Richard FitzJohn, English nobleman, judge, constable and knight
  • Roger de Montalt, Norman nobleman and rebel leader (b. 1265)

References

  1. Sheila R. Ackerlind (1990). King Dinis of Portugal and the Alfonsine heritage, pp. 10–11. Peter Lang Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8204-0921-4.
  2. Charles T. Wood (1966). The French Apanages and the Capetian Monarchy, 1224–1328, p. 59. Havard University Press.
  3. Armstrong, Pete (2003). Osprey: Stirling Bridge & Falkirk 1297–98, pp. 30–32. ISBN 1-84176-510-4.
  4. Armstrong, Pete (2003). Osprey: Stirling Bridge & Falkirk 1297–98, p. 33. ISBN 1-84176-510-4.
  5. Cowan, Edward J. (2007). The Wallace Book, p. 69. ISBN 978-0-85976-652-4.
  6. Sarah Crome (1999). Scotland's First War of Independence, p. 57. ISBN 978-0-9536316-0-5.
  7. Maire Vigueur, Jean-Claude (2010). L'autre Rome. Une histoire des Romains a l'époque communale (XIIe-XIVe siècle). Paris: Tallandier. p. 241. ISBN 978-2-84734-719-7. Archived from the original on March 27, 2013. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  8. Chronicle of the Twenty-Four Generals of the Order of Friars Minor. Ordo Fratrum Minorum. p. 2.
  9. "History of the Portuguese Water Dog", Kathryn Braund and Deyanne Farrell Miller. The Complete Portuguese Water Dog, 1986, DeLeao.
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