Major Events
- Jan 8 Monaco gains its independence.
- Sep 11 Battle at Stirling Bridge, Scottish rebel William Wallace defeats the English
Born in 1297
- Mar 25 Andronicus III Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor (d. 1341)
- Mar 25 Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (d. 1364)
- Aug 14 Emperor Hanazono, 95th Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)
Who Died in 1297
- Apr 17 Willem van Afflighem, Flemish poet and abbot of St Truiden, dies at about 86
- Aug 16 John II of Trebizond (b. 1262)
- Aug 19 Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274)
- Sep 11 Hugh de Cressingham, English treasurer, dies in Battle at Stirling Bridge
- Dec 31 Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)
Gregory I
Gregory XIII
Julius II
Julius III
Leo X
Pius V