* 1296 – John of Bohemia ( d. 1346 )

* 1296 – First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scots army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.

* 1291 – 1296: Dietrich, not enthroned

* 1296 – 1302: Vollrad von Krempa

* 1245 – Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England ( d. 1296 )

* 1296 – Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.

* 1257 – King Przemysł II of Poland ( d. 1296 )

Pope Saint Celestine V ( 1215 – 19 May 1296 ), born Pietro Angelerio ( according to some sources Angelario, Angelieri, Angelliero, or Angeleri ), also known as Pietro da Morrone, was elected Pope in the year 1294 in the last non-conclave papal election in the history of the Roman Catholic Church.

* 29 April – Blanche of Burgundy, queen consort of France ( b. c. 1296 )

* November 14 – Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica ( b. 1296 )

1296 – 1272 ) makes a treaty with Alaksandu ( possibly Alexander ), king of Wilusa ( Ilium ); and another document has Wilusa swearing by Appaliuna ( Apollo ).

John the Blind ( Luxembourgish: < span lang =" lb "> Jang de Blannen </ span >; German: < span lang =" de "> Johann der Blinde von Luxemburg </ span >; Czech: < span lang =" cz "> Jan Lucemburský </ span >) ( 10 August 1296 – 26 August 1346 ) was the Count of Luxembourg from 1309 and King of Bohemia from 1310 and titular King of Poland.

# Agnes ( 18 May 1281 – 10 June 1364, Königsfelden ), married in Vienna 13 February 1296 King Andrew III of Hungary.

* March 2 – Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland ( b. 1296 )

* April 12 – King Mangrai the Great of Ngoenyang established a new capital by founding Chiangmai and founded the Mangrai Dynasty that ruled the Lanna Kingdom of Chiangmai from 1296 to 1578.

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

* January 16 – Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England ( d. 1296 )

* October 14 – King Przemysł II of Poland ( d. 1296 )

The First War ( 1296 – 1328 ) began with the English invasion of Scotland in 1296, and ended with the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton in 1328.

# Edmund Crouchback ( 16 January 1245 – d. 5 June 1296 )

# William of Lusignan ( c. 1228 – 1296 ).

John Balliol ( Norman French: Johan de Bailliol ; – 25 November 1314 ), known to the Scots as Toom Tabard (" empty suit "), was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296.

Salah – ud-din bin Youssef al-Kalal bi Hama ( i. e. the eye doctor of Hama ) was a Syrian oculist who flourished in Hama in 1296.

# Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster ( 1245 – 1296 ), married Aveline de Forz in 1269, who died four years later without issue ; married Blanche of Artois in 1276, by whom he had issue.

This would have been the property of Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster who died in 1296, the record of his estate mentioning " a capital mansion ".

* Edmund, Earl of Leicester and Lancaster ( 1245 – 1296 )

Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Leicester and Lancaster ( 16 January 1245 – 5 June 1296 ), was the second surviving son of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence.

After Henry's death, Blanche married Edmund Crouchback ( 1245 – 1296 ), in 1276, an English prince who was a younger son of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence.

* Edmund Crouchback ( 1245 – 1296 ), son of King Henry III of England and claimant to the Sicilian throne

The First War of Scottish Independence can be loosely divided into four phases: the initial English invasion and success in 1296 ; the campaigns led by William Wallace, Andrew de Moray and various Scottish Guardians from 1297 until John Comyn negotiated for the general Scottish submission in February 1304 ; the renewed campaigns led by Robert the Bruce following his killing of The Red Comyn in Dumfries in 1306 to his and the Scottish victory at Bannockburn in 1314 ; and a final phase of Scottish diplomatic initiatives and military campaigns in Scotland, Ireland and Northern England from 1314 until the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton in 1328.

In 1296 the Stone was captured by Edward I as spoils of war and taken to Westminster Abbey, where it was fitted into a wooden chair, known as King Edward's Chair, on which most subsequent English sovereigns have been crowned.

The Scots were defeated at Dunbar and the English took Dunbar Castle on 27 April 1296.

King Edward I of England had invaded Scotland in 1296 to punish King John Balliol for his refusal to support English military action in France. The battlefield is currently under research to be inventoried and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical Environment Policy of 2009.

The battle of Dunbar effectively ended the war of 1296 with the English winning.

During the Wars of Scottish Independence the Clan Ross fought against the English at the Battle of Dunbar ( 1296 ) where their chief, the Earl of Ross was captured.

In Scotland Alexander II and Alexander III undertook a number of castle building projects in the modern style, although Alexander III's early death sparked conflict in Scotland and English intervention under Edward I in 1296.

The island was attacked by the English from 1296 onwards, and the Abbey was abandoned after the Scottish Reformation in 1560.

The Scots forayed into England in March 1296 — this incursion together with the French treaty angered the English king and provoked an invasion of Scotland taking Berwick on 30 March before defeating the Scots army at Dunbar on 27 April.

In 1296, King Edward I of England took the castle only for William Wallace to reclaim it in 1297, burning down the church in the process with the entire English garrison still in it.

Irvine is the site of an incident in 1296 during the Scottish Wars of Independence when an English army marched to Irvine to engage the Scottish army that was encamped at Knadgerhill, only to find that dissension amongst the Scots leaders was so great that armed conflict did not occur and many of the leaders changed sides and joined King Edward I.

In 1304, a weekly market and annual fair for Kirkcaldy was proposed by the Abbot of Dunfermline to King Edward I, during a period of English rule in Scotland from 1296 to 1306.

It brought an end to the First War of Scottish Independence, which had begun with the English invasion of Scotland in 1296.

The castle changed hands several times between English and Scottish control during the Wars of Scottish Independence ( 1296 – 1357 ).

Przemysł II ( also given in English and Latin as Premyslas or Premislaus, or less properly ) ( 14 October 1257 – 8 February 1296 ) was the Duke of Poznań, Greater Poland, Kraków and Pomerelia, and then King of Poland from 1295 until his death.

Several English kings visited the shrine, including Henry III ( 1231 or 1241 ), Edward I ( 1289 and 1296 ), Edward II in 1315, Edward III in 1361, Henry VI in 1455, Henry VII in 1487 and finally Henry VIII, who was later responsible for its destruction when the shrine and abbey perished in the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

William de Valence became 1st Earl of Wexford and 1st Earl of Pembroke ( for the third creation, or house, of the Pembroke Earldom ) ( 1225 – 1230 – 16 or 18 May 1296 ), born Guillaume de Lusignan or de Valence, was a French nobleman and Knight, who became important in English politics due to his relationship to Henry III.

William Wallace is said to have led the Scots to victory over the English at Dunnottar in 1296.

During the First War of Scottish Independence ( 1296 – 1328 ), the invading English army held the castle, then named Loch Leven Castle, which lies at a strategically important position between the towns of Edinburgh, Stirling and Perth.

In 1296, after the murder of John's father Count Floris V, King Edward invited a number of nobles from Holland with English sympathies, amongst whom were John III, Lord of Renesse, and Wolfert I van Borselen.

English examples included the white coats worn by Norfolk levies recruited in 1296 and the green and white clothing that identified Cheshire archers during the 14th century.