What is 1299?
{{Year nav|1299}} {{Year in various calendars|1299}} {{Year article header|1299}} == Events == * [[Osman I]] declares the independence of the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Principality]] * The [[Count of Holland|house of Holland]] becomes extinct. The County of [[Holland]] becomes a part of a personal union with the [[count of Hainaut|County of Hainaut]]. * April 1, 1299 [[Kingston upon Hull|Kings Towne on the River Hull]] granted city status by [[Royal Charter]] of [[Edward I of England|King Edward I]] of [[England]]. * King [[Håkon V of Norway|Håkon V Magnusson]] moves the capital of [[Norway]] from [[Bergen]] to [[Oslo]], and builds [[Akershus]] fortress in [[Oslo]]. Norway is ruled from this fortress the next 500 years. * The [[Mexica]] settle [[Chapultepec]], a former [[Toltec]] stronghold. * A serious fire occurs at [[Westminster Palace]]. [[Category:1299| ]]