Events

• 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.
• 11 September - Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots of William Wallace defeat English.

Births

• Emperor Hanazono of Japan

Deaths