What is 1297?
{{Year nav|1297}} {{Year in various calendars|1297}} {{Year article header|1297}} == Events == * [[8 January]] – [[Monaco]] gains independence. * [[England|English]] Church refuses to pay taxes, resulting in crisis. * [[William Wallace]] begins his revolt against the English. * [[Canonization]] of [[Louis IX of France|Louis IX]], [[King of France]] * [[August 28]] – [[Edward I of England|Edward I]] unsuccessfully invades [[Flanders]]. * [[September 12]] – King [[Diniz of Portugal]] and King [[Fernando IV of Spain|Fernando IV of Castile]] signed the Treaty of Alcanizes. The geographic limits of [[Portugal]] are fixed permanently, with the exception of [[São Félix de Galegos]], lost in 1640 and [[Olivenza]], lost in 1801. * [[September 11]] – [[Battle of Stirling Bridge]]: Scots of [[Andrew de Moray]] and [[William Wallace]] defeat [[England|English]]. == Births == * [[March 25]] – [[Arnost of Pardubice]], [[Archbishop of Prague]] (d. [[1364]]) * [[August 14]] – [[Emperor Hanazono]] of [[Japan]] (died [[1348]]) * [[Abu al-Hasan 'Ali]], [[Sultan of Morocco]] (died [[1351]]) * [[Charles II of Alençon]],[[Count of Alençon]] and [[Count of Perche|Perche]] [[1325]]–[[1346]], Count of [[Joigny]] [[1335]]–[[1336]]. (Died [[August 26]], [[1346]]) * [[Kęstutis]], [[Grand Prince]] of [[Lithuania]] (died [[1382]]) * [[Thomas Wake]], English [[baron]] (died [[1349]]) == Deaths == * [[August 19]] – [[Saint Louis of Toulouse]], [[France|French]] [[Catholic]] [[bishop]] (born [[1274]]) * [[September 11]] – [[Hugh de Cressingham]] English [[Treasurer]] * [[December 31]] – [[Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford]], English [[soldier]] (born [[1249]]) [[Category:1297]]