1310

Year 1310 ( MCCCX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

* Spring – Siege of Algeciras: Castilian forces led by King Ferdinand IV (the Summoned) abandon the siege after 6 months (see 1309) and begin negotiations with Granada. Ferdinand and Sultan Abu al-Juyush Nasr sign a peace treaty for 7 years on May 26. Nasr agrees to pay an indemnity of 150,000 gold doblas and an annual tribute of 11,000 doblas to Castile. He yields some frontier towns, including Quesada and Bedmar. In accordance with the terms, Nasr becomes a vassal of Castile and provides up to 3 months of military service per year if summoned. Markets will be opened between Castile and Granada – Ferdinand appoints a judge of the frontiers (''juez de la frontera'') to adjudicate disputes between Christians and Muslims in the border regions.
* May 12 – In France, 54 members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake for heresy at Paris, on orders of King Philip IV of France, Philip IV (the Fair). Pope Pope Clement V, Clement V attempts to take control of the situation by issuing a papal bull, to assert the Church's authority over the matter and demands Philip turn over the Templars and their property to ecclesiastical officials, who will then try the Templars for charges themselves.
* June 14 – Leading Venetian nobles led by Bajamonte Tiepolo organise a conspiracy against Doge Pietro Gradenigo. Their plot fails due to treachery and the rebels are defeated near Piazza San Marco by forces faithful to the doge on June 15. During their retreat to the San Polo sestiere, the Rialto Bridge is burnt down. Later, Tiepolo surrenders himself and is exiled to Istria.
* July – The Council of Ten (or simply the Ten) is created by Pietro Gradenigo. The council, the inner circle of oligarchical Venetian nobility, patricians, is created to investigate the plot of Bajamonte Tiepolo.
* Summer – Count Charles, Count of Valois, Charles of Valois founds the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos, and Cephalonia, Diocese of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia with its seat in Corfu. It is, comprising the Ionian Islands of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia.

England

* September – King Edward II of England, Edward II invades Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland, but the campaign is fruitless, even though English forces under Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Piers Gaveston manage to reach as far north as Perth, Scotland, Perth.

Asia

* Spring – Siege of Warangal (1310), Siege of Warangal: Delhi forces led by Malik Kafur conquer the fortress of Warangal after a month-long siege. Prataparudra, Rudradeva II, Indian ruler of the Kakatiya dynasty, Kakatiya Dynasty, negotiates a truce and surrenders a huge amount of wealth to send to the Delhi Sultanate.

By topic

Education

* The first purpose-built accommodation for students (the Mob Quad) is completed at Merton College, Oxford, Merton College, Oxford, Kingdom of England, England.

Births

* March 5 – Przecław of Pogorzela, Polish bishop (d. 1376)
* April 30 – Casimir III of Poland, Casimir III (the Great), king of Kingdom of Poland, Poland (d. 1370)
* November 30 – Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen, Frederick II, German nobleman (d. 1349)
* Berenguer de Cruïlles, Spanish abbot and bishop (d. 1362)
* Dermot MacCarthy, 1st Lord of Muskerry, Dermot MacCarthy, Irish nobleman and magnate (d. 1367)
* Edward Despenser (died 1342), Edward Despenser, English nobleman and knight (d. 1342)
* Eysteinn Ásgrímsson, Icelandic monk and author (d. 1361)
* Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz, Spanish cardinal (d. 1367)
* Guillaume Tirel (or Taillevent), French head chef (d. 1395)
* Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster, Henry of Grosmont, English statesman and knight (d. 1361)
* Jamyang Donyo Gyaltsen, Tibetan religious leader (d. 1344)
* Janusz Suchywilk, Polish nobleman and archbishop (d. 1382)
* Jean de Beaumanoir, Breton nobleman and knight (d. 1366)
* Joan of Évreux, queen of France during the Middle Ages, France (House of Évreux) (d. 1371)
* John Lazaropoulos (or Joseph), Byzantine bishop (d. 1369)
* John of Neumarkt, German chancellor and bishop (d. 1380)
* Jovan Oliver, Serbian nobleman, knight and general (d. 1356)
* Juan Fernández de Heredia, Spanish Grand Master (d. 1396)
* Kunga Gyaltsen (Imperial Preceptor), Kunga Gyaltsen, Tibetan Imperial Preceptor (Dishi) (d. 1358)
* Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy, Margaret I, French noblewoman (House of Capet) (d. 1382)
* Niccolò Acciaioli, Italian nobleman and seneschal (d. 1365)
* Peter Lacy (Lord Privy Seal), Peter Lacy, English Lord Privy Seal, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (d. 1375)
* Pietro Farnese, Italian nobleman and ''condottiero'' (d. 1363)
* Simon Langham, English cleric and archbishop (d. 1376)
* Pope Urban V, Urban V, French pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1370)
* Winrich von Kniprode, German Grand Master (d. 1382)
* Yehoshua Hanagid, Egyptian rabbi and judge (d. 1355)

Deaths

* February 11 – Marguerite d'Oingt, French nun (b. 1240)
* April 10 – Peire Autier, French religious leader (b. 1245)
* April 13 – Athinkhaya, Burmese ruler and regent (b. 1261)
* April 15 – Baybars II, Egyptian ruler and regent (b. 1250)
* April 26 – Constance of Béarn, Constance of Montcada, French noblewoman
* May 20 – John de Moels, 1st Baron Moels, John de Moels, English nobleman and knight
* May 22 – Saint Humility, Humilitas of Vallombrosa, Italian nun (b. 1226)
* May 25 – Otto III, Duke of Carinthia, Otto III, Austrian nobleman (House of Gorizia)
* June 1 – Marguerite Porete, French mystic and author
* June 5 – Amalric, Lord of Tyre, Amalric of Tyre, Cypriot prince and statesman
* October 1 – Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon, Beatrice of Burgundy, French noblewoman
* October 14 – Blanche of Anjou, queen consort of Kingdom of Aragon, Aragon
* October 28 – Athanasius I of Constantinople, Athanasius I, Byzantine patriarch (b. 1230)
* October 29 – Otto, Count of Cleves, Otto of Cleves, German nobleman (b. 1278)
* November 23 – Abu al-Rabi Sulayman, Moroccan ruler
* December 10 – Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria, Stephen I, German nobleman (b. 1271)
* Abu al-Barakat al-Nasafi, Syrian scholar and theologian
* Alexander of Argyll, Alexander MacDougall, Scottish nobleman and magnate
* Constantine I, King of Armenia, Constantine I (or III), co-ruler of Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Cilician Armenia (b. 1278)
* Dai Biaoyuan, Chinese Intellectual#"Man of letters, literateur, poet and writer (b. 1244)
* Diego López V de Haro, Spanish nobleman and knight
* Eric Longlegs, Lord of Langeland, Erik Eriksøn (Longlegs), Danish nobleman and co-ruler
* Gao Kegong (or Fang Shan), Chinese painter (b. 1248)
* Geoffrey I of Vianden, Geoffrey I, Luxemburgian nobleman (Counts of Vianden, House of Vianden)
* George Pachymeres, Byzantine historian and theologian
* Gottfried von Hohenlohe, German Grand Master (b. 1265)
* Guido I da Polenta, Italian nobleman and chief magistrate
* Henry II Kőszegi (or III), Hungarian nobleman and knight
* John de Soules (Guardian of Scotland), John de Soules, Scottish nobleman (de Soules, House of de Soules)
* Robert fitzRoger (died 1310), Robert FitzRoger, English nobleman and knight (b. 1247)
* Tommaso degli Stefani, Italian painter and artist (b. 1231)

References

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