1306
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| Gregorian calendar | 1306 MCCCVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2059 |
| Armenian calendar | 755 ԹՎ ՉԾԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6056 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1227–1228 |
| Bengali calendar | 713 |
| Berber calendar | 2256 |
| English Regnal year | 34 Edw. 1 – 35 Edw. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1850 |
| Burmese calendar | 668 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6814–6815 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 4002 or 3942 — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 4003 or 3943 |
| Coptic calendar | 1022–1023 |
| Discordian calendar | 2472 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1298–1299 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5066–5067 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1362–1363 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1227–1228 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4406–4407 |
| Holocene calendar | 11306 |
| Igbo calendar | 306–307 |
| Iranian calendar | 684–685 |
| Islamic calendar | 705–706 |
| Japanese calendar | Kagen 4 / Tokuji 1 (徳治元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1217–1218 |
| Julian calendar | 1306 MCCCVI |
| Korean calendar | 3639 |
| Minguo calendar | 606 before ROC 民前606年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −162 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1848–1849 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 1432 or 1051 or 279 — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 1433 or 1052 or 280 |
Year 1306 (MCCCVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events[]
January–December[]
- February 10 – Scottish Wars of Independence: Before the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, his leading political rival, sparking revolution.
- March 25 – Robert the Bruce becomes King of the Scots.
- May – Hugh the younger Despenser, favourite of Edward, Prince of Wales, marries heiress Eleanor de Clare.
- May 15 – One of the first exchange contracts (cambium) to mention the city of Bruges involves two parties: Giovanni Villani, representing the Peruzzi Company, granting a loan to Tommaso Fini, representing the Gallerani Company of Siena.
- June – The Knights Hospitaller conquer the islands of Kos (briefly) and Kastellorizo, and begin their conquest of Rhodes.[1]
- June 19 – Battle of Methven: The forces of the Earl of Pembroke defeat Bruce's Scottish rebels.
- August - September – The English army sacks Kildrummy Castle, captures and executes Nigel Bruce (brother of Robert I), and captures Queen Elizabeth de Burgh, Christina Bruce and Mary Bruce (sisters of Robert I), and Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I.
- September 29 – The Hatuna Games are played in Sweden.
- December 6 – The monetary policy of Philippe le Bel triggers a revolt in Paris. The provost's house is burned, and the king has to flee to the fortress of the Temple .[2]
Date unknown[]
- Philip IV of France exiles all the Jews from France, and confiscates their property.[3]
- Storkyrkan, the current cathedral of Stockholm, is consecrated.[4]
- In London, a city ordinance decrees that heating with coal is forbidden, when Parliament is in session (the ordinance is not particularly effective).[5]
- The Mongols raid India.
Births[]
- August 8 – Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1353)
- Isabella, Countess of Brienne, vassal ruler and claimant (d. 1360)
- Ashikaga Tadayoshi, general of the Northern and Southern Courts (d. 1352)
- Sasaki Takauji, Japanese poet, warrior, and bureaucrat (d. 1373)
Deaths[]
- February 10 – John "the Red" Comyn, Scottish nobleman
- March – Araniko, Nepali artist (b. 1245)
- March 21 – Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248)
- May 5 – Constantine Palaiologos, Byzantine prince and general (b. 1261)
- August 4 – King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)
- December 6 – Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk (b. 1270)
- Robert de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh
- Khutulun, Mongol princess and warrior (b. 1260)
References[]
- ^ Luttrell, Anthony (1975). "The Hospitallers at Rhodes, 1306–1421". In Hazard, Harry W. (ed.). A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 278–313. ISBN 0-299-06670-3.
- ^ Favier, Jean (2012). Le Bourgeois de Paris au Moyen Age. Paris: Tallandier. p. 135.
- ^ Nirenberg, David (1998). Communities of violence: persecution of minorities in the Middle Ages. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 18. ISBN 0-691-05889-X.
- ^ Regner, Elisabet (2013). Det medeltida Stockholm. En arkeologisk guidebok [Medieval Stockholm. An archaeological guide book] (in Swedish). Lund: Historiska Media. p. 150. ISBN 978-91-86297-88-6.
- ^ Holland, John (1841). The history and description of fossil fuel, the collieries, and coal trade of Great Britain. London: Whittaker and Company. pp. 313–314.
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