- 1286
Events
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March 7 - The "Catholicon ", a religiousLatin dictionary, is completed byJohn Balbi ofGenoa .
*March 19 - KingAlexander III of Scotland dies in a horse accident with only QueenYolande de Dreux 's unborn child and 3-year-old Margaret, Maid of Norway as heirs; this sets the stage for the First War of Scottish Independence and increased influence ofEngland overScotland .
* In theLao kingdom ofMuang Sua , King Panya Leng is overthrown in acoup d'etat led by his son Panya Khamphong, which is likely to have been supported by the regionally dominantMongol Empire (Yuan dynasty ofChina ).
* KingPhilip IV of France imposes thegabelle — a tax onsalt in the form of astate monopoly — which would become immensely unpopular and grossly unequal, but persist until1790 .
* Prussians resettled inSambia stage a famous uprising.
*Kublai Khan plots a final Mongol invasion ofJapan , but aborts the plan due to a lack of necessary resources.
* Third MongolGolden Horde against Poland, led byTole Boqa .
* KingRudolph I of Germany declares allJew s to be "serfs of the Treasury", thus negating all their political freedoms.Births
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March 8 -John III, Duke of Brittany (d.1341 )
*June 30 -John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey , English politician (d.1347 )
*Sir James Douglas , Scottish patriot (d.1330 )
*Hugh the younger Despenser (d.1326 )
* Frederick I of Austria (d.1330 )
*William III, Count of Holland (d.1337 )Deaths
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March 19 -Alexander III of Scotland (b.1241 )
*July 30 -Bar-Hebraeus , Syrian scholar (b.1226 )
*October 8 -John I, Duke of Brittany (b.1217 )
*November 9 -Roger Northwode , English statesman (b.1230 )
*Abul-Faraj , Armenian historian (b.1226 )
*Hugh de Balsham ,Bishop of Ely
*Eric V of Denmark (b.1249 )
*William of Moerbeke , English Dominican classicist (b.1215 )Fiction
* In the
Video game MediEvil , the Battle of Gallowmere,Scotland ,sir Daniel Fortesque leads Scottish rebels towards the evilFictional character wizard Zarok and his army. Fortesque dies, but Zarok is defeated and vanquished, but to return 100 years later.
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