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.

Undated

• 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.

• Jalal-Ud-Din-Feroz Khilji dies and Ala-Ud-Din-Khilji,one of the greatest ruler of Hindustan(India) comes to the throne and rules till 1316.His empire is compared to the mauryan empire at its greatest extent.

Births

• 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

Deaths

• February 8 – King Przemysł II of Poland (b. 1257)

• March 11 – John le Romeyn, Archbishop of York

• May – William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke

• May 19 – Pope Celestine V (b. 1215)

• June 5 – Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England (born 1245)

• June 27 – Floris V, Count of Holland (b. 1254)

• August 8 – Hugh of Brienne, French crusader

• October 9 – Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1269)

• November 1 – Guillaume Durand, French canonist and writer

• December – Isabella of Mar, wife of Robert I of Scotland

• ?December – Adam de Darlington, Bishop of Caithness

• date unknown

• *Philippe de Rémi (b. c. 1247)

• *Johannes Campanus, Italian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1220)

• *Dnyaneshwar, Hindu saint and poet (b. 1275)

• *Jalal ud din Firuz Khilji, founder of the Khilji dynasty in India

• *Odon de Pins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

• *Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford