* 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

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

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

* 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.

In 1296 Edward invaded Scotland, deposing King John.

In August 1296, Bruce and his father swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-upon-Tweed, but in breach of this oath, which had been renewed at Carlisle, the younger Robert supported the Scottish revolt against King Edward in the following year.

John renounced his homage in March 1296 and by the end of the month Edward stormed Berwick-upon-Tweed, sacking the then-Scottish border town.

The war began in earnest with Edward I's sack of Berwick in March 1296, followed by the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Dunbar and the abdication of John Balliol in July.

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.

And rather ironically and probably unknown to him at the time, Edward I ( who captured the Stone in 1296 and took it to Westminster Abbey ) was his 21st great grandfather.

Edward responded by invading Scotland in 1296 and taking the town of Berwick in a particularly bloody attack.

The situation in Scotland had seemed resolved when Edward left the country in 1296, but resistance soon emerged under the leadership of the strategically gifted and charismatic William Wallace.

King Edward I brought his armies to Perth in 1296 and with only a ditch for defence and little fortification, the town fell quickly.

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.

In March 1296, Edward I launched an invasion of Scotland, sparking the First War of Scottish Independence.

After the final defeat of the rebels at the Battle of Evesham in 1265, William continued to serve Henry III, and then Edward I, until his death in 1296.

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.

Following the issue of the papal bull Clericis laicos in 1296, forbidding the payment of taxes to a secular power, Winchelsey urged his clergy in 1297 to refuse payments to Edward.

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.

In 1296, Edward invaded Scotland, beginning the Wars of Scottish Independence, which would last for the next 60 years.

In 1296, miners from the Hundred of St Briavels were used by King Edward I at the siege of Berwick-on-Tweed in the Scottish Wars of Independence to undermine the town's defences and regain it from the Scots.

In July 1296 during the Wars of Independence, Edward I visited the town with 30, 000 of his men and stayed at Munros castle for three nights.

After Edward I moved his trade in wool from Dordrecht in Holland to Mechelen in Brabant, to gain Flanders's support against France, Floris switched sides to France in 1296.

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.