1296

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Year 1296 (MCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday ^[1] (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1296

March 30 - Edward I storms Berwick-upon-Tweed, sacking the then Scottish border town with much bloodshed. He slaughters most residents, including those who flee to the churches.
April 27 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England.
October 3 - Alauddin Khilji proclaims himself ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, as a member of the Khilji dynasty.

The Chinese diplomat Zhou Daguan spends a year at the court of the Khmer King Indravarman III at Angkor and pens a journal setting forth his observations.
King Mangrai the Great of Ngoen Yang moved his capital south by founding Chiang Mai and established Mangrai Dynasty that ruling Lanna Kingdom from 1296 to 1578.

August 10 - "Blind" King John I of Bohemia (d. 1346)
December - Marjorie Bruce, only daughter of Robert I of Scotland (d. 1316)
date unknown
- Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (d. 1359)
- Roland of Sicily, Italian nobleman (d. 1361)
probable
- Algirdas, ruler of Lithuania (d. 1377)
- Blanche of Burgundy, queen consort of France (d. 1326)
- Shi Naian, Chinese author (d. 1370)
- Tamagusuku, ruler of Chuzan

^ "Calendar - Portugal - 1296" (Julian calendar), Time and Date AS / Steffen Thorsen, 2008, webpage: TimeandDate-calendar-1296-Portugal.

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