1315
Year 1315 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.Events
January–December
- May 9 – Eudes IV succeeds Hugh V as Duke of Burgundy.
- August – Louis X is crowned King of France at Reims.
- August 13 – Louis X of France marries Clemence d'Anjou.
- August 29 – Battle of Montecatini: Pisa defeats the forces of Florence and Naples.
- September – Battle of Moiry Pass : Edward Bruce, with a Scots-Irish army, defeats a garrison of Hiberno-Norman troops of the Lordship of Ireland at Armagh, as part of his attempt to revive the High Kingship of Ireland.
- October 25 – Banastre Rebellion: Adam Banastre, Henry de Lea and William Bradshaw attack Liverpool Castle.
- November 15 – Battle of Morgarten: The Swiss defeat Leopold of Austria on the shore of the Ägerisee, ensuring independence for the Swiss Confederation.
Date unknown
- Louis X of France abolishes slavery within the Kingdom of France.
- Hōjō Mototoki becomes Kamakura shōgun of Japan.
- John XIII Glykys becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
- Flushing, Netherlands is granted city rights.
- Witzlaw III, prince of Rügen, builds Hejehdbhdd castle at Barth.
- Emir Ismael Abu-I-Walid orders the Jews of Granada to don the yellow badge.
- Dassel, Germany is granted city rights.
- The Kos Fortress is erected by the Knights Hospitallers in Greece.
- The Arsenian schism ends.
- History of Sudan : A Muslim prince of Nubian royal blood ascends the throne of Dongola as king.
- Estimation: Cairo, capital of Mamluk Egypt becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Hangzhou in Mongolian China.
- The Borough of Liverpool, along with Liverpool Castle, is granted to Robert de Holland.
- The Great Famine of 1315–1317 begins.
Births
April 5 – James III of Majorca May 20 – Bonne of Luxembourg, Queen of John II of FranceDeaths
February or March – Margaret of Villehardouin, Lady of Akova March 10 – Agnes Blannbekin, Austrian Beguine mystic May 9 – Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy June 29 – Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher August 12 – Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, English nobleman August 15 or April 30 – Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France August 29* Charles of Taranto * Peter Tempesta, Count of Eboli
