In the year 1310, Muhammed III, former Sultan of the Emirate of Granada, is found dead in a pool (Mar), 54 members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake for heresy in France (May 11), Dante publishes his Divine Comedy, the first purpose-built accommodation for students is completed in Merton College in Oxford, England - and all these fine people were born:
1310-0430 King Casimir III the Great of Poland* - Kowal, Poland (1370/60) 1310-1129 John de Mowbray 3rd* spent first 17 years imprisoned in the Tower of London/officer - Hovingham, Yorkshire, England (1361/50) 1311-xxxx Lincoln Cathedral in England becomes the world’s tallest building, surpassing the Great Pyramid of Giza 1311-0813 Alfonso XI of Castile* - Salamanca, Spain (1350/38) 1312-0629 Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, is crowned in London In the year 1313, the Siege of Rostock ends 1313-xxxx Cola di Rienzo* politician/popular leader - Rome, Papal States (1354/c41) 1313-0209 Maria of Portugal* Queen of Castile through her marriage to Alfonso XI - Portugal (1357/43) 1313-0801 Emperor Kōgon* 光厳天皇 the first of the Emperors of Northern Court - Japan (1364/51) In the year 1314, Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake in Paris (Mar 18), King Haakon V of Norway moves his capital from Bergen to Oslo (Aug 31), () 1314-0318 The last Grand Master of the Knights Templar is burned at the stake in Paris, France In the year 1315, Louis X is crowned King of France (Aug), Pisa defeats the forces of Florence and Naples (Aug 29), (), the new French king abolishes slavery within the Kingdom of France, Cairo (capital of Mamluk Egypt) becomes the largest city of the world, and the Great Famine of 1315–1317 (killing millions of people in Europe) begins. 1315-0405 James III of Majorca* the last ruler of independent Majorca - Sicily (1349/34) In the year 1316, the Great Famine of 1315–1317 is at its peak. 1316-0303 Robert II of Scotland* King of Scots - Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland (1390/74) 1316-0514 Charles IV* (b Wenceslaus) Holy Roman Emperor - Prague (1378/62) In the year 1317, King Birger of Sweden has his brothers captured and thrown into a dungeon where they starve to death, whereupon Sweden is thrown into civil war (Dec 10), the Great Famine of 1315-1317 comes to an end. 1317-xxxx Euphemia of Sweden Swedish princess - Sweden (1370) In the year 1318, King Birger of Sweden is deposed and forced to flee to Denmark (Mar), disease hits cattle and sheep, reducing the herds and flocks in Europe. 1318-0608 Eleanor of Woodstock* English princess - Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England (1355/36) 1319 Individual post Updated 31.5.2021 Search for another year here