1314

Events

• March 18 - Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake in Paris, France.
• April 4 - Exeter College, Oxford is founded in England by Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter.
• June 24 - Battle of Bannockburn: Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce defeat Edward II of England, regaining Scotland's independence.
• August 31 - King Haakon V of Norway moves his capital from Bergen to Oslo, where he builds Akershus Fortress, from which Norway is ruled for the next 500 years.
• October 19 - Frederick the Fair of the House of Habsburg is elected King of the Romans at Sachsenhausen, by four of the electors, being crowned on November 25 at Bonn Minster.
• October 20 - Louis IV of the House of Wittelsbach is elected King of the Romans at Sachsenhausen by five of the electors, being crowned on November 25 at Aachen.
• November 29 - Philip IV of France dies, possibly very much affected by the Tour de Nesle Affair, and is succeeded by Louis X.
• Undated - Amda Seyon starts to rule as Emperor of Ethiopia. He defeats the Muslims at Ifat.

  Births

• June 24 - Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England
• date unknown
• * King Ramathibodi I of Ayutthaya
• * Valdemar III of Denmark

  Deaths

• January 30 - Nicholas III of Saint Omer, co-lord of Thebes, Marshal of Achaea
• February 8 - Helen of Anjou, queen of Serbia
• March 4 - Jakub Świnka, Polish Catholic priest
• March 18
• * Jacques de Molay, last Grand Master of the Knights Templar
• * Geoffroy de Charney, Preceptor of Normandy for the Knights Templar
• April 20 - Pope Clement V
• October 21 - Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville
• November 20 - Albert the Degenerate, Landgrave of Thuringia
• November 29 - King Philip IV of France
• date unknown - Giovanni Pisano, Italian sculptor