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1286

EVENTS

March 7 - The Catholicon , a religious Latin dictionary, is completed by John Balbi of Genoa .

March 19 - King Alexander III Of Scotland dies in a Horse Accident with only the 3-year-old Margaret Of Scotland as an heir; this sets the stage for the First War Of Scottish Independence and increased influence of England over Scotland .

In Laos , King Panya Leng is overthrown in a Coup D'etat led by his son Panya Khamphong , which is likely to have been supported by the regionally dominant Mongol Empire ( Yuan Dynasty of China ).

King Philip IV Of France imposes the Gabelle — a tax on Salt in the form of a State Monopoly — which would become immensely unpopular and grossly unequal, but persist until 1790 .

Prussians settled in exile in Serbia stage a famous uprising.

Kublai Khan plots a final Mongol invasion of Japan , but aborts the plan due to a lack of necessary resources.

King Rudolph I Of Germany declares all Jew s to be "serfs of the Treasury", thus negating all their political freedoms.

In Glasgow , the wooden Glasgow Bridge is constructed to span the River Clyde .

BIRTHS

March 8 - John III, Duke Of Brittany (died 1341 )

June 30 - John De Warenne, 8th Earl Of Surrey , English politician (died 1347 )

James Douglas The Black , Scottish patriot (died 1330 )

Hugh The Younger Despenser (died 1326 )

Frederick I Of Austria (died 1330 )

William III, Count Of Holland (died 1337 )

DEATHS

March 19 - Alexander III Of Scotland (born 1241 )

July 30 - Bar-Hebraeus , Syrian scholar (born 1226 )

October 8 - John I, Duke Of Brittany (born 1217 )

November 9 - Roger Northwode , English statesman (born 1230 )

Abul-Faraj , Armenian historian (born 1226 )

Hugh De Balsham , Bishop Of Ely

Eric V Of Denmark (born 1249 )

William Of Moerbeke , English Dominican classicist (born 1215 )