1296

1296 (MCCXCVI) was a leap year beginning on a Sunday of the Julian calendar.

Events

• January 15 - The Sicilians choose Frederick II of Aragon as king.
• 25 February - Bonifacio VIII promulgates the lay Clericis Bull.
• April 27 - Dunbar Battle.
• March 30 - Eduardo I of England looting Berwick-upon-Tweed on the Scottish border.
• October 3 - Alaudin is proclaimed Sultan of Delhi.
• The conquest of the Kingdom of Murcia, dependent on the Crown of Castile, by the Aragonese monarch Jaime II el Justo. This year the cities of Alicante, Elche, Orihuela, Murcia and Guardamar del Segura would be taken.
• Galicia - At the death of Sancho IV, Galicia and León remain under the infant don Juan de la Cerda.

Births

• White of Burgundy, queen consort of France.

Deaths

• August 8 - Hugo de Brienne, noble French.