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Year 1292 (MCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

  • November 17 (Julian calendar) – John Balliol is selected by King Edward I of England as King of Scotland from among 13 competitors for the Crown of Scotland; Edward then treats John as a puppet ruler and Scotland as a vassal state, eventually provoking the Wars of Scottish Independence, commencing in 1296.
  • King Mangrai the Great of Ngoen Yang conquers and annexes the Mon kingdom of Hariphunchai, creating a political union in the form of the Lanna kingdom.
  • The Vaghela dynasty in Gujarat is subjugated by the Deccan Yadava dynasty of Daulatabad.
  • The Mamluk sultan of Egypt, Al-Ashraf Khalil, invades the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
  • The Isfendiyarid dynasty is founded in the Kastamonu Province.
  • The Mongols land on Java, taking the capital, but it proves impossible to hold.
  • The Taxatio Ecclesiastica, compiled in 1291–92, is completed under the order of Pope Nicholas IV.

    • Births

  • January 20 – Elizabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330))
  • October 3 – Eleanor de Clare, English noblewoman (d. 1337)
  • date unknown – Henry Burghersh, English statesman (d. 1340)
  • probable – John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1383)

    • Deaths

  • April 4 – Pope Nicholas IV (b. 1227)
  • June 2 – Rhys ap Maredudd, Welsh nobleman and rebel leader
  • June? – Roger Bacon, English philosopher and scientist (b. c.1214)
  • July 13 or July 16 – Jacobus de Voragine, Italian chronicler (b. 1230)
  • October 25 – Robert Burnell, Lord Chancellor of England
  • October/November – Marjorie of Carrick, 3rd Countess of Carrick (b. 1256)
  • December 8 – John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • date unknown
  • Abraham Abulafia, Spanish kabbalist (approximate date; b. 1240)
  • Vakhtang II of Georgia
  • Lucia, Countess of Tripoli (approximate date)

    • References

    1292 Wikipedia
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