Year 1315 ( MCCCXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

* May 9 – Eudes IV succeeds Hugh V as Duke of

Burgundy Burgundy (; french: link=no, Bourgogne ) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. The c ...

. * August –

Louis X Louis X may refer to: * Louis X of France, "the Quarreller" (1289–1316). * Louis X, Duke of Bavaria (1495–1545) * Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (1753–1830). * Louis Farrakhan (formerly Louis X), head of the Nation of Islam {{hndis ...

is crowned King of France at

Reims Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne. Founded by ...

. * August 13 – Louis X of France marries Clemence d'Anjou. * August 29 – Battle of Montecatini:

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defeats the forces of Florence and Naples. * September – Battle of Moiry Pass (

Bruce campaign in Ireland The Bruce campaign was a three-year military campaign in Ireland by Edward Bruce, brother of the Scottish king Robert the Bruce. It lasted from his landing at Larne in 1315 to his defeat and death in 1318 at the Battle of Faughart in County Lo ...

): Edward Bruce (brother of the

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), with a Scots-Irish army, defeats a garrison of

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troops of the Lordship of Ireland at

Armagh Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Pri ...

, as part of his attempt to revive the High Kingship of Ireland. * October 25 – Banastre Rebellion: Adam Banastre, Henry de Lea and William Bradshaw attack Liverpool Castle. * November 15 – Battle of Morgarten: The Swiss defeat Leopold of Austria on the shore of the Ägerisee, ensuring independence for the Swiss Confederation.

Date unknown

* Louis X of France abolishes slavery within the Kingdom of France. * Hōjō Mototoki becomes

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'' shōgun'' of

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. * John XIII Glykys becomes

Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...

. * Flushing, Netherlands is granted city rights. * Witzlaw III, prince of Rügen, builds Hejehdbhdd castle at Barth. * Emir Ismael Abu-I-Walid orders the Jews of

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to don the yellow badge. * Dassel, Germany is granted city rights. * The Kos Fortress is erected by the Knights Hospitallers in Greece. * The Arsenian schism ends. *

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: A

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prince of Nubian royal blood ascends the throne of Dongola as king. * Estimation: Cairo, capital of Mamluk Egypt becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Hangzhou in Mongolian

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. * The Borough of Liverpool, along with Liverpool Castle, is granted to Robert de Holland. * The Great Famine of 1315–1317 begins.

Births

April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his a ...

– James III of Majorca (d.

1349 Year 1349 ( MCCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 22 – An earthquake affects L'Aquila in southern Italy with a maximum Merca ...

) * May 20 – Bonne of Luxembourg, Queen of John II of France (d.

)

Deaths

February February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 in leap years, with the 29th day being called the ''leap day''. It is the first of five months not to have 31 days (th ...

or March – Margaret of Villehardouin, Lady of Akova (b.

1266 Year 1266 ( MCCLXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * January 2 – Siege of Murcia: King James I of Aragon (the Conqueror) marches with h ...

) * March 10 –

Agnes Blannbekin Agnes Blannbekin (; – 10 March 1315) was an Austrian Beguine and Christian mystic. She was also referred to as ''Saint Agnes Blannbekin'' or the ''Venerable Agnes Blannbekin'', though never beatified or canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. ...

, Austrian Beguine mystic * May 9 –

Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy Hugh V (1294 – 9 May 1315) was Duke of Burgundy between 1306 and 1315. Hugh was the eldest son of Duke Robert II of Burgundy and Agnes of France.''The Morea:1311-1364'', Peter Topping, A History of the Crusades: The Fourteenth and Fifteent ...

(b.

1282 Year 1282 ( MCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * March – Welsh forces under Prince Dafydd ap Gruffydd, brother of Llywelyn ap G ...

) * June 29 –

Ramon Llull Ramon Llull (; c. 1232 – c. 1315/16) was a philosopher, theologian, poet, missionary, and Christian apologist from the Kingdom of Majorca. He invented a philosophical system known as the ''Art'', conceived as a type of universal logic to pro ...

, Spanish philosopher (b.

1235 Year 1235 (Roman numerals, MCCXXXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events * Connacht in Ireland is finally conquered by the Hiberno-Normans, Hiberno-Norman Richard Mór de Bu ...

) * August 12 – Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, English nobleman * August 15 or April 30 – Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France (b.

1290 Year 1290 ( MCCXC) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * July 10 – King Ladislaus IV (the Cuman) is assassinated at the castle of Köröss ...

), during imprisonment * August 29 **

Charles of Taranto Charles of Taranto (1296 – 29 August 1315) was the eldest son of Philip I, Prince of Taranto and titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople, and his wife, Thamar Angelina Komnene, daughter of the Despot of Epirus, Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas. Bio ...

(b.

1296 Year 1296 ( MCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * March 30 – Capture of Berwick: King Edward I of England storms and captures Berwick ...

) ** Peter Tempesta, Count of Eboli (b. 1291)

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