* 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 )

* 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 )

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.

Parliaments were held in the borough in 1272, 1296 and 1446, but the borough was not represented until 1608, when James I conferred on it the privilege of sending two members.

** Rapoto IV ( 1275 – 1296 ), brother, Count of Murach 1238 – 1272, Imperial Count of Ortenburg 1275 – 1296

Between the years 1252 and 1272, Kentwell Manor appears to have been granted by King Henry III to Sir William de Valence, who was killed in battle in France in 1296.

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.

By a peace treaty with Charles II of Anjou in 1296, he agreed to give up Sicily, but the Sicilians instead installed his brother Frederick on the throne.

He was one of the negotiators for the 1289 treaty of Salisbury and for the 1290 treaty of Birgham, and accompanied the king on Edward's 1296 invasion of Scotland where he commanded the only major field action of that year in the Battle of Dunbar.

Also, Karasids conquered Mysia-region with Paleokastron after 1296, Germiyan conquered Simav in 1328, Saruhan captured Magnesia in 1313 and Aydinids captured Symirna in 1310.

In December, more than 200 of Edward's tenants in Newcastle were summoned to form a militia by March 1296 and in February, a fleet sailed north to meet with his land forces in Newcastle.

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.

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

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

Though the town of Ratzeburg was part of the Ratzeburg diocese, the town itself was not within the territory of the Prince-Bishopric of Ratzeburg, but formed a part of the old Duchy of Saxony and became part of its dynastic partition of Saxe-Lauenburg around 1296, remaining with this duchy under altering dynasties until 1876.

Between 1292 and 1296 Elburg was rebuilt after a flood in the form it is seen today, with a moat and a city wall, together with the straight pattern of the street plan.

In vain the pope tried to bribe him with promises and dignities ; he was determined to stand by his subjects, and was crowned king by the nobles at Palermo in 1296.

Saint Jnaneshwar ( 1275 – 1296 ), wrote a commentary with 17 references to the philosopher's stone that explicitly transmutes base metal into gold.

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.

The Duomo, as it is ordinarily called, was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi.

The building of the cathedral had started in 1296 with the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was completed in 1469 with the placing of Verrochio's copper ball atop the lantern.

His legacy includes some splendid monasteries, most notable among them: monastery Mala Remeta on Fruška Gora, dedicated to the Shroud of the Mother of God ; St. Achillios church near Arilje ( 1296 ); and a monastery Đurđevi stupovi with St. George church in Ras ( now Novi Pazar ), where he was buried.

The chief of the House of Ascania, Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg, son of Albert the Bear, a maternal cousin of Henry the Lion, provided his sixth brother Bernard, Count of Anhalt, from then on Bernard III, Duke of Saxony, with the from then on so-called younger Duchy of Saxony ( 1180 – 1296 ), a radically belittled territory consisting of three unconnected territories along the river Elbe, from north west to south east, ( 1 ) Hadeln around Otterndorf, ( 2 ) around Lauenburg upon Elbe and ( 3 ) around Wittenberg upon Elbe.

Except of the title, Duke of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia, which this younger Duchy of Saxony granted its rulers, even after its definite dynastic partition in 1296, this territory, consisting only of territorial fringes of the old Duchy of Saxony until 1180, had little in common with the latter.

The Duke of Argyll is also the chief of the Scottish clan of Campbell and in this capacity is known as " MacCailein Mòr ", which is Gaelic, for " The Great MacColin " referring to Cailean Mór ( Colin the Great ) of Lochawe ( Colin of Lochow ) who was killed in fighting with Alexander, Lord of Lorne in 1296.

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.