1304
Year 1304 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.Events
January–December
- February 9 - Wars of Scottish Independence: John "Red" Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, negotiates a peace with the Kingdom of England.
- July 20 - Fall of Stirling Castle: Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
- August 17 - The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw, between the French army and the Flemish militias.
- October 24 - Sasa Bey of the Beylik of Menteşe conquers Ephesus from the Eastern Roman Empire, massacring and deporting its native population.
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- James II of Aragon reconquers Villena, Spain.
- Holland and Zeeland are occupied by John II, Duke of Brabant and Guy of Dampierre. John II, Count of Hainaut recovers the counties.
- Ala-ud-din Khalji, Sultan of Delhi, conquers Gujarat.
- A peace treaty, signed between the khanates of the Mongol Empire, ends the Mongol civil war.
- The Genoese Benedetto I Zaccaria takes control of Chios Island from the Byzantine Empire, establishing an autonomous lordship there.
- The construction of Ypres Cloth Hall is completed.
Births
February 25 - Ibn Battuta, Moroccan jurist and explorer July 20 - Petrarch, Italian poet William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon Marie of Luxembourg, Queen of France Louis I of Flanders Jayaatu Khan, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty Günther von Schwarzburg, German kingDeaths
March 7 or 8 - Bartolomeo I della Scala, lord of Verona May 11 - Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler May 23 - Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer July 7 - Pope Benedict XI July 17 - Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Wigmore August 17 - Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan August 22 - John II, Count of Hainaut September - John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, English soldier December 23 - Matilda of Habsburg, duchess regent of Bavaria