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Events
- January 6 - Archbishop Jakub Świnka orders all priests subject to his bishopry in Poland to deliver sermons in Polish rather than German, thus further unifying the Catholic Church in Poland and fostering a national identity.
- April 25 - Mamluk sultan Qalawun begins a siege of the Crusader fortress of Margat (in present-day Syria), a major stronghold of the Knights Hospitaller thought to be impregnable; he captures the fortress a month later.
- September 4 - Roger of Lauria defeats King Philip III of France in a naval battle off of Barcelona.
- The writ Circumspecte Agatis, issued by King Edward I of England, defines the jurisdictions of church and state in England, thereby limiting the church's judicial powers to ecclesiastical cases only.
- The Second statute of Westminster is passed in England, reforming various laws; it includes the famous clause de donis conditionalibus, considered one of the fundamental institutes of medieval law in England.
- The English romantic poem The Lay of Havelok the Dane is written (approximate date).
- Tran Hung Dao leads Vietnamese forces in victory over an invading Yuan dynasty Mongol army.
Births
- March 9 - Emperor Go-Nijo of Japan (died 1308)
- May 1 - Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (died 1326)
- December 6 - King Ferdinand IV of Castile (died 1312)
- Patrick Dunbar, 9th Earl of Dunbar (died 1369)
Deaths
- March 28 - Pope Martin IV
- May 13 - Robert de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros
- May 20 - John II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (born 1259)
- October 5 - King Philip III of France (born 1245)
- November 11 - King Peter III of Aragon (born 1239)
- Daumantas, Grand Prince of Lithuania
- Tile Kolup, German imposter
- Philip I of Savoy (born 1207)
- Rutebeuf, French troubadour
- King Charles I of Sicily (born 1227)
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