1297
year
1297 (MCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1297th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 297th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 13th century, and the 8th year of the 1290s decade. As of the start of 1297, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1260s 1270s 1280s – 1290s – 1300s 1310s 1320s |
| Years: | 1294 1295 1296 – 1297 – 1298 1299 1300 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1297 MCCXCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2050 |
| Armenian calendar | 746 ԹՎ ՉԽԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6047 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1218–1219 |
| Bengali calendar | 704 |
| Berber calendar | 2247 |
| English Regnal year | 25 Edw. 1 – 26 Edw. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1841 |
| Burmese calendar | 659 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6805–6806 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 3993 or 3933 — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3994 or 3934 |
| Coptic calendar | 1013–1014 |
| Discordian calendar | 2463 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1289–1290 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5057–5058 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1353–1354 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1218–1219 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4397–4398 |
| Holocene calendar | 11297 |
| Igbo calendar | 297–298 |
| Iranian calendar | 675–676 |
| Islamic calendar | 696–697 |
| Japanese calendar | Einin 5 (永仁５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1208–1209 |
| Julian calendar | 1297 MCCXCVII |
| Korean calendar | 3630 |
| Minguo calendar | 615 before ROC 民前615年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −171 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1839–1840 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1423 or 1042 or 270 — to — 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 1424 or 1043 or 271 |
Events
change- 8 January – Monaco gains independence.
- English Church refuses to pay taxes, resulting in crisis.
- William Wallace begins his revolt against the English.
- Canonization of Louis IX, King of France
- August 28 – Edward I unsuccessfully invades Flanders.
- September 12 – King Diniz of Portugal and King 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 English.
Births
change- 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 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
change- August 19 – Saint Louis of Toulouse, 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)