1305 to 1314

1305

x - The House of Taxis operated a private postal service for rich European clients.

aug 23 - Scottish patriot William Wallace +¢ was hanged, drawn, beheaded, and quartered in London.

1306

x - England ?+ expels 100,000 Jews who remained after Edward's expulsion order of 1290

x - Expulsions of Jews from France ? u.1394

x - The Baltic Sea freezes over again.The event is described by Barbara Tuchman in her book "A Distant Mirror."1307

x - Hospitallers began conquest of Rhodes

x - Dante ?* moves to Lunigiana (a Tuscan region), then to Poppi and to Lucca.

mar 25 - Robert the Bruce becomes Robert I of Scotland + Descendants of Robert I CD-ROM.

aug 08 - King Wenceslas of Poland was murdered.

1307

x - Avignonese Papacy u.1378 "Babylonian Captivity" during which the left Rome and took up residence at Avignon under the wing of the king of France. re. List of Popes

x - England ?+ Publication of Peter Langtoft's "Chronicle," which updates Geoffrey of Monmouth's "History" through Edward I's reign. In it he praises Arthur as the greatest of kings.

x - Mansa Musad.1337, Mali's greatest ruler, succeeded to the throne. He commissioned grand mosques.

oct 13 - Members of the Knights of Templar + are arrested throughout France, imprisoned and tortured by the order of the King Philip the Fair of France.

1308

c - Wang Meng, Chinese artist, his work included "Temple at Mount Taibai." d.1385

may 01 - King Albert of Austria was murdered by his nephew John, because he refused his share of the Habsburg lands.

1309

x - Dante ?* begins The Divine Comedy *

x - Teutonic Knights' + headquarters moved from Venice to Prussia

x - Hospitallers' headquarters moved from Cyprus to Rhodes

nov 28 - Paris Trial of Jacques de Molay, Grand Master of the Templars.

1310

c - Perfection of the mechanical clock.

x - Eye glasses were being mass produced in Venice.

x - England ?+ Barons force Edward II to appoint lords ordainers to help him rule

x - England Parliament rules taxation shall be imposed only by Parliament

may 12 - Fifty-four Knights Templars + were burned at the stake as heretics in France.They had been established during the Crusades to protect pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land, but came into increasing conflict with Rome until officially dissolved in 1312 at the Council of Vienna.

1312

x - The Knights Templars were suppressed by Pope Clement V + at the Council of Vienna.

may 16 - Hospitallers awarded Templars' + estates throughout western Europe, Cyprus, and Greece

1313

x - China ?+ The four ancient Confucian texts, Ssu Shu, or "Four Books," were used as subject matter for official Chinese civil service exams. u.1905

x - Giovanni Boccaccio, Florentine writer born in Paris.d.1375

x - Dante ?* went back to Verona where he stayed until1319.

1314

x - England banned football (soccer) for being too violent.

mar 15 - Jacques de Molay, Templar grand master, and Preceptor of Normandy burned at the stake in Paris

jun 21 - Battle of Bannockburn assures independence of Scotland.30,000 Scotsmen under Robert the Bruce + Descendants of Robert I CD-ROM rout 100,000 led by Edward II.

jun 24 - King Robert I of Scotland + Descendants of Robert I CD-ROM with 6,000 men and 500 horses routed English King Edward II with his army of 20,000 at Bannockburn. he thus secured Scotland's independence from England.

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