* Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again from 1296 to 1301

Seal ( device ) | Seal of Stockholm known from an imprint from 1296 ; most likely the city's first seal mentioned in a letter from 1281.

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.

* 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.

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.

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.

* Digital image database at the Yale University Library, contains 1296 images and drawings from Saarinen's archives

File: ShieldOfWilliamDeValence. jpg | Diaper on the Heraldic shield of William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke ( d. 1296 ) from his tomb in Westminster Abbey.

The name is derived from lord (' heer ' in Dutch ) Hugo van Assendelft who was killed by the West Frisians in this area in 1296.

After Floris V had been murdered in 1296, the local Frisian besieged the castle, but in 1297 an army from Holland thwarted their efforts to starve out the inhabitants, which included Medemblik citizens.

The Atlantic provinces became the Kingdom of Portugal in 1139, and the eastern, inland part of the kingdom was joined dynastically to the Kingdom of Castile first in 1037 – 1065, again 1077 – 1109 and 1126 – 1157, 1230 – 1296 and from 1301 onward.

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

Increased awareness and use of such techniques in Spain may be attested by the medieval Jacob's staff, used specifically for measuring angles, which dates from about 1300 ; and the appearance of accurately surveyed coastlines in the Portolan charts, the earliest of which that survives is dated 1296.

Shaftesbury was a parliamentary constituency returning two members from 1296 to the Reform Act of 1832, when it was reduced to one, and in 1884 the separate constituency was abolished.

Michael Harclay was a retainer of the Clifford family, and served as sheriff of Cumberland from 1285 to 1296.

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.

* Light for the World: the Life of St. Gregory Palamas ( 1296 – 1359 ) by Fr.

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 name Montenegro ( Crna Gora ) is mentioned for the first time in the charter of St. Nicholas ' monastery in Vranjina, dating to 1296 during Jelena's reign.

Under St. Gregory Palamas ( 1296 – 1359AD ), the different traditions of theoria were synthesized into an understanding of theoria that, through baptism, one receives the Holy Spirit.

Balliol came to the throne of Scotland on St Andrews Day, 1292 but his reign was short and he abdicated in July 1296 following the defeats of the Scots at Berwick and Dunbar at the hands of King Edward I of England.

The reigns of King Przemysł II of Poland ( 1296 ), William the Silent of the Netherlands ( 1584 ), and the French kings Henry III ( 1589 ) and Henry IV ( 1610 ) were all ended by assassins.

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

Major battles were fought nearby in 1296 and 1650.

One of Alan's daughters, Dervorguilla, had married John, 5th feudal lord Balliol, he and Dervorguilla being parents of King John I of Scotland ( 1292 – 1296 ), and the people, out of affection for Alan's daughter, were lukewarm in support of Robert the Bruce.

The Fraticelli were declared heretical by the Church in 1296 by Boniface VIII.

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.

Upon the deposition of the Welf duke Henry the Lion in 1180, the ducal title fell to the House of Ascania, in 1296 the remaining lands were divided into the duchies of Saxe-Wittenberg and Saxe-Lauenburg.

In a decisive battle of 1296, the Polish troops were beaten near the village of Buckow by a Pomeranian contingent led by duke Wizlaw of Rügen and count Adolph from Holstein.

Lebkuchen bakers were recorded as early as 1296 in Ulm, and 1395 in Nürnberg ( Nuremberg ).

The Nałęcze were accused of murdering Przemysł II in 1296.

The two brought their sister Rita to Constantinople to marry Michael IX Palaiologos in 1296, but were imprisoned upon their return in Bardzrberd by their brother Sempad, who had usurped the throne in their absence.

The early saint-poets were Mukundaraj who wrote Vivekasindhu, Dnyaneshwar ( 1275 – 1296 ) ( who wrote Amrutanubhav and Bhawarthadeepika, which is popularly known as Dnyaneshwari, a 9000-couplets long commentary on the Bhagavad Gita ) and Namdev.

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.

The two cities remained separated until 1926, when they were fused together to become the provincial capital in 1927 at the expense of Modica, the former capital and the most populous and important city in the region since 1296.

He began construction of the castle, but by the start of the Wars of Scottish Independence in 1296, only the main donjon, the prison tower, and the short connecting curtain wall were completed.

Warin died in 1296 but his son Robert eventually won seisin of Heyford Warren in 1310, except for two and a half virgates that were awarded to de Courtenay.

Guy was summoned before the king again in 1296, and the principal cities of Flanders were taken under royal protection until Guy paid an idemnity and surrendered his territories, to hold them at the grace of the king.

A kind of quid pro quo was looked for: money for the Scottish campaign of 1296 would be forthcoming if certain grievances were addressed.

Two major civil wars were fought in 1296 – 1330, 1313 – 30, and in 1343 – 45 the Estonian revolt resulted in the annexation of the Danish Duchy of Estonia within the Teutonic Ordensstaat.

In 1296 the 6th Earl was appointed warden for Scotland by Edward I and in 1299, the Earl and his royal master were triumphant over the Scots at the Battle of Falkirk.

Castle Square was originally known as the Market Place ( or the Shambles ); markets were held on this site from 1296.

In the Ragman Rolls ( all nobles and landed gentry were required to sign by Edward I in 1296 ) there are six Scott lairds.