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Year 1307 (MCCCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

• October 13 – King Philip IV (the Fair) orders the arrest of the Knights Templar in France. The Templars, together with their Grand Master Jacques de Molay, are imprisoned, interrogated, and tortured into confessing heresy. In Paris, the king's inquisitors torture some 140 Templars, most of whom eventually make confessions. Many are subjected to "fire torture": their legs are fastened in an iron frame and the soles of their feet are greased with fat or butter. Unable to withstand these tortures, many Templars eventually confess.
• July 7 – Edward II becomes King of England.
• September 5 – Pope Clement V confirms the Knights Hospitaller possession of Rhodes, although only Feracle has fallen to their attacks.
• November 18 (according to legend) – William Tell shoots an apple off his son's head in Altdorf, Switzerland.

Date unknown

• The Mongol raids on India end.
• Januli I da Corogna seizes control of Sifnos and becomes its lord.
• The village of Heerle is proclaimed an independent parish.

Publications

• The book Jami' al-Tawarikh ("Compendium of Chronicles", but often referred to as The Universal History or History of the World), by Rashid al-Din Hamadani, is published in Tabriz, Persia.

Births

• date unknown
  • William II, Count of Hainaut
  • Alessandra Giliani, Italian scientist (d. 1326)

Deaths

• January 13 – Wareru, founder of Hanthawaddy Kingdom of Pegu (b. 1253)
• February 10 – Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan
• April – Joan of Acre, English princess (b. 1271)
• July 4 – Rudolf I of Bohemia (b. 1281)
• July 7 – King Edward I of England (b. 1239)
• November 17
  • Hethum II, King of Armenia (b. 1266)
  • Leo III, King of Armenia (b. 1289)
• date unknown
  • Guillaume de Gisors, French grand master of the Priory of Sion (b. 1219)
  • John Palaiologos, Byzantine prince and governor of Thessalonica (b. 1286)

References

1. Howarth, Stephen (1982). The Knights Templar, pp. 260–261. New York: Barnes & Noble. ISBN 978-0-880-29663-2.
2. Barber, Malcolm (2012). The Trial of the Templars, p. 1. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-45727-9.
3. "Edward II of England: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland". www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
4. "Edward I and Eleanor of Castile". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved March 21, 2019.

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