Battle of Liegnitz: Mongols defeat a Polish army under Henry II the Pious during their invasion of Poland.
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King Louis IX of France dies while on the Eighth Crusade, leading to his son, Philip III, becoming king.
The Sicilian Vespers: A rebellion breaks out against the rule of Charles I of Naples in Sicily.
Edward I of England captures and sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed on March 30, 1296 during the First War of Scottish Independence. Berwick was Scotland's most important trading port at the time, second only to London in economic importance.
Contemporary accounts of the number of people slain estimated that in in less than two days no fewer than fifteen thousand of both sexes perished, some by the sword, others by fire. Much booty was seized from the city. The town was then repopulated with English people from Northumbria. it wasn't until 1318 when Berwick was recaptured by King Robert and the English burgesses was expelled. However, Berwick would change hands several more times in the years to come, before permanently becoming part of England in 1482 when the town was captured by the English.
The St. Scholastica Day riot in Oxford leads to a confrontation between students and townspeople, resulting in numerous deaths.
King Henry IV of England grants the bishopric of Dorpat (Tartu) in Livonia to Margrave William of Meissen.
Spain cedes Gibraltar to Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht.
The Crimean War begins with Britain and France declaring war on Russia.
President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded in an assassination attempt in Washington, D.C. More