1292

'Years:' 1289 1290 1291 - 1292 - 1293 1294 1295

'Decades:' 1260s 1270s 1280s - '1290s' - 1300s 1310s 1320s

'Centuries:' 12th century - '13th century' - 14th century

Contents

Events

Europe

Asia

Births

Deaths

References

Events

Europe

★ November 17 - (Julian calendar) John Balliol is selected as King of Scotland from among 13 candidates by King Edward I of England; Edward then treats John as a puppet ruler and Scotland as a vassal state, eventually leading to the Wars of Scottish Independence commencing in 1296.

Asia

★ The Lanna kingdom of northern Thailand conquers and annexes the Mon kingdom of Haripunchai.

★ The Vaghela dynasty in Gujarat is subjugated by the Deccan Yadava dynasty of Daulatabad.

★ Mamluk Sultan of Egypt Khalil invades the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.

★ The Turkish emirate of Candaroglu is founded in the Kastamonu Province.

★ The Mongols land on Java taking the capital, but it proves impossible to hold. ^[1]

Births

★ January 20 - Elisabeth I of Bohemia (died 1330)

★ Henry Burghersh, English statesman (died 1340)

★ John VI Cantacuzenus, Byzantine emperor (approximate date; died 1383)

★ Eleanor de Clare, English noblewoman (died 1337)

Deaths

★ April 4 - Pope Nicholas IV (born 1227)

★ July 13 - or 16 - Jacobus de Voragine, Italian chronicler (born 1230)

★ October 25 - Robert Burnell, Lord Chancellor of England

★ Abulafia, Spanish kabbalist (approximate date; born 1240)

★ Marjorie of Carrick, 3rd Countess of Carrick (born 1256)

★ Vakhtang II of Georgia

★ John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury

★ Lucia of Tripoli (approximate date)

References

1. Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.