This Year: 1310--The Sige of Algeciras and The Mob Quad

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1310

In 1310,

The forces of Castile lifted the siege of Algeciras against Granada, having been unsuccessful in taking the city. 

The first college quadrangle

 (now known as “The Mob Quad”) 

was completed at Oxford.

This has been This Year: 1310.

Credits:

DWR, "The Mob Quad at Merton College," 26 March 2006
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mob_Quad_from_Chapel_Tower.jpg

Falconaumanni, "Mapa de Algeciras donde se indican los principales yacimientos de época romana," December 2008.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arqueologico_medieval.jpg

Murphy, Tom VII "The Mob Quad at Merton College, Oxford, UK," 25 August 2005
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mob_Quad.jpg

Notre Dame Cathedral interior 

https://mywowo.net/en/france/paris/notre-dame/interior

Schola Antiqua, Gradual Chant "Universi qui te expectant," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gradual_chant_-_Universi_qui_te_expectant.ogg.

Simon Q, "Merton College, Oxford,"
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merton_College,_Oxford_(3915212517).jpg

This Year: 1309--Pope Clement V and the Avignon Papacy

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1309

In 1309,

Pope Clement V

 moved the Papacy to Avignon, France.

This has been This Year: 1309.

Credits:

Notre Dame Cathedral interior 

https://mywowo.net/en/france/paris/notre-dame/interior

Folio 18 from Bibliotheque Nationale, MS It. 81,
Allegorical map of the City of Rome, showing a personification of Rome as a widow during the Avignon Papacy.
Scanned from Four Gothic Kings, ed. Elizabeth Hallam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BNMsItal81Fol18RomeWidowed.jpg

Rosier, Jean-Marc, Avignon, Palais des Papes, France
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Avignon,_Palais_des_Papes_by_JM_Rosier.jpg

Schola Antiqua, Gradual Chant "Universi qui te expectant," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gradual_chant_-_Universi_qui_te_expectant.ogg.

Serrur, Henri Auguste Calixte Cèsar, Portrait of Pope Clement V (19th Century)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papa_Clemens_Quintus.jpg

This Year: 1308--Dante and the Divine Comedy

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1308

In 1308, 

Dante Alighieri began writing the Divine Comedy.

This has been This Year: 1308.

Credits:

Notre Dame Cathedral interior 

https://mywowo.net/en/france/paris/notre-dame/interior

di Michelino, Domenico, Dante and the Divine Comedy, 1465, Cathedral of Santa Maria de Fiore in Florence, Italy

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michelino_DanteAndHisPoem.jpg

Schola Antiqua, Gradual Chant "Universi qui te expectant," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gradual_chant_-_Universi_qui_te_expectant.ogg.

This Year: 1307--William Tell, Edward II and Friday the 13th

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1307

This year, in 1307,

Edward I died

 and Edward II became King of England. 

According to legend, 

William Tell shot an apple off his son’s head in Switzerland.

 On Friday, the 13th of October, 

Philip IV had all of the Knights Templar in France rounded up and forced them to confess to heresy. 

This is one supposed origin of the Friday the 13th superstition.

This has been This Year: 1307

Credits:

Apple 

http://worldartsme.com/red-apple-clipart.html#gal_post_17463_red-apple-clipart-1.jpg

Bocaccio, Giovanni "The Burning of the Knights Templar" De Casibus Velorum Illustrium

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d7/7e/73/d77e73881748deb81f7256dd11a7b2bc.jpg

Christensen, James Once Upon a Time

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6b/2b/f1/6b2bf1a929082cfdfbb560e9242a5126.jpg

Edward I and Edward II
Cassell's History of England - Century Edition, 1902
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EdwardI-Cassell.jpg
https://thehistoryvault.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/640px-EdwardII-Cassell.jpg

Friday the 13th
https://capestylemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/friday-the-13th.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9a/f6/c3/9af6c3ea3741a95a8beaa1bae622dd4a--shower-time-superstition.jpg

Glitch, "Misc Game Crown"
https://openclipart.org/detail/210257/misc-game-crown

Notre Dame Cathedral interior

https://mywowo.net/en/france/paris/notre-dame/interior

Philip IV, the Fair
http://religion.wikia.com/wiki/File:Philippe_IV_Le_Bel.jpg

Rossini, Gioachino "William Tell Overture" performed by United States Marine Band
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Gioachino_Rossini%2C_William_Tell_Overture_%28military_band_version%2C_2000%29.ogg

Swordsaxe, "Crusader Great Helm Medieval Knights Templar Helmet Armor - Carbon Steel Hand Forged" (on sale for $73.50)
https://www.amazon.com/Crusader-Medieval-Knights-Templar-Helmet/dp/B00P2RBNQQ

Viernes 13
http://mxqnoticias.mx/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/viernes-13.jpg
https://www.cdn.com.do/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/El-viernes-13_CDN.jpg

William Tell
https://steemit.com/story/@lothar900/william-tell-apple-history

This Year: 1306--Robert the Bruce and the French Jewish Expulsion

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1306

This year, in 1306,

Robert the Bruce

murdered his rival John Comyn in a church, 

and became King of the Scots.



Facing a financial crisis,

Philip IV (The Fair) of France 

expelled the Jewish people from France and confiscated their property.

This has been This Year: 1306.

Credits:

"The Banishment of the Jews", by Roque Gameiro, in Quadros da História de Portugal ("Pictures of the History of Portugal", 1917).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Expuls%C3%A3o_dos_Judeus_(Roque_Gameiro,_Quadros_da_Hist%C3%B3ria_de_Portugal,_1917).png

Death of Comyn. Illustration from Cassell’s Illustrated History of England, vol. 1, p. 330
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Death_of_Comyn.jpg

Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan, crowns Robert the Bruce at Scone in 1306; from a modern tableau at Edinburgh Castle.
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL241/9001741/16580333/255158027.jpg

Notre Dame Cathedral interior

https://mywowo.net/en/france/paris/notre-dame/interior

Painting of Philip IV, the Fair
http://religion.wikia.com/wiki/File:Philippe_IV_Le_Bel.jpg

Painting of Robert the Bruce
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RoberttheBruce.jpg

Schola Antiqua, Gradual Chant  "Universi qui te expectant," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gradual_chant_-_Universi_qui_te_expectant.ogg.

This Year: 1305: The Death of William Wallace

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1305

This year, in 1305,

Edward I

captured and executed William Wallace,

leader of the Scottish War for Independence.

This has been This Year: 1305.

Credits:

Gibson, Mel, director. Clip from Braveheart. Paramount Productions/20th Century Fox, 1995.
Uploaded to YouTube by SoulCarrier77, September 3, 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLCEUpIg8rE

Horner, James "Braveheart -- Main Theme," performed by Celtic Bagpipe Orchestra.
Uploaded to YouTube by Jonathan Bendigtsen, April 7, 2011.
Song:  Braveheart
Artist: Eric Rigler
Album: The Braveheart Trilogy
Writers: James Horner
Licensed to YouTube by: The Orchard Music (on behalf of Scotdisc); SOLAR Music Rights Management, Sony ATV Publishing, EMI Music Publishing, and 9 Music Rights Societies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYMySrHL0Fo

Notre Dame Cathedral interior

https://mywowo.net/en/france/paris/notre-dame/interior

Picture of Edward I from Cassell's History of England - Century Edition, 1902

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EdwardI-Cassell.jpg

Schola Antiqua, Gradual Chant  "Universi qui te expectant," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gradual_chant_-_Universi_qui_te_expectant.ogg.

This Year: 1304: Petrarch and Stirling Castle

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1304

This year, in 1304, Edward the First besieged and took 

Stirling castle, the last stronghold of resistance to English rule.  Also,

 Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was born.

This has been This Year: 1304.

Credits:

Picture of Edward I from Cassell's History of England - Century Edition, 1902
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EdwardI-Cassell.jpg

Notre Dame Cathedral interior

https://mywowo.net/en/france/paris/notre-dame/interior

Schola Antiqua, Gradual Chant  "Universi qui te expectant," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gradual_chant_-_Universi_qui_te_expectant.ogg.

Slezer, John "Stirling Castle," 1693

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stirling_Castle_John_Slezer.jpg

Unknown artist "Francesco Petrarca," Unknown Year

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francesco_Petrarca00.jpg

This Year: 1303--Avoirdupois and the Lighthouse of Alexandria

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1303

This year, in 1303,

An earthquake destroyed the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which had stood for nearly sixteen centuries.  

The avoirdupois system of weights and measures was first documented.

This has been This Year: 1303.

Credits:

Dashinvaine, "The Fall of the Pharos," 

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2b/77/6f/2b776f4c842791fdeb8e55ec07926c74.jpg

Matsys, Quentin, "The Moneylender and his Wife,"

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Quentin_Massys_001.jpg

Notre Dame Cathedral interior

https://mywowo.net/en/france/paris/notre-dame/interior

Schola Antiqua, Gradual Chant  "Universi qui te expectant," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gradual_chant_-_Universi_qui_te_expectant.ogg

This Year: 1302: The Estates General and the End of the Crusades

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1302 

This year, in 1302,

The Mamluks besieged and took Ruad from European crusaders, taking the last foothold of territory possessed by Europe in the Near East, effectively ending the Crusades.

The Estates-General in France was created and met for the first time.

This has been This Year: 1302.

Credits:
Benoist, Michael, "Cours de la forteresse d'Arouad,"  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cours_de_la_forteresse_d%27Arouad.jpg

Bèzard, Jean-Louis, "The Estates-General in Tours, May 14, 1506,"  http://media.web.britannica.com/eb-media//07/126107-050-C78E2973.jpg

Lessing, Karl Friedrich "The Return of the Crusader,"  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Last_Crusader.jpg

Notre Dame Cathedral interior
 https://mywowo.net/en/france/paris/notre-dame/interior

Schola Antiqua, Gradual Chant  "Universi qui te expectant,"  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gradual_chant_-_Universi_qui_te_expectant.ogg

This Year 1301: Dante and the Prince of Wales

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1301

This year, in 1301, 

The title of Prince of Wales was created for the English heir apparent, 

and Dante Alighieri was exiled from Florence

This has been This Year: 1301

Credits:
Notre Dame Cathedral interior
https://mywowo.net/en/france/paris/notre-dame/interior

Peterlini, Domenico, "Dante in Exile"
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dante_exile.jpg

Schola Antiqua, Gradual Chant  "Universi qui te expectant," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gradual_chant_-_Universi_qui_te_expectant.ogg

Sodacan, "Arms of Edward, Prince of Wales (1301-1307)"
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arms_of_Edward,_Prince_of_Wales_(1301-1307).svg

This Year: 1300--Amsterdam and Aztecs

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1300

This year, in 1300, 

Amsterdam was officially declared a city

 and the Aztec culture began in Mesoamerica.

This has been This Year: 1300

Credits:

Anthonisz, Cornelis, "Birds-eye view of Amsterdam," 1538, Amsterdam Museum.
https://external-preview.redd.it/ac_-LPeBko5kSJvWdYWUhHD5I4KUqRE3pHzm12YOSe8.jpg?auto=webp&s=0b0dd34813ec200c8f009ad080a4c3e6605f304d

Fotos de Stock, Ruinas de Chichen Itza
https://www.educationquizzes.com/education-matters/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Aztec-Culture.jpg

Notre Dame Cathedral interior
https://mywowo.net/en/france/paris/notre-dame/interior

Schola Antiqua, Gradual Chant  "Universi qui te expectant," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gradual_chant_-_Universi_qui_te_expectant.ogg