Major Events
- Jan 27 Dante becomes a Florentine political exile
- May 18 Bruges Matins; the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by local Flemish militia
- Jul 11 Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch) near Kortrijk, Belgium: Flemish coalition defeat the French army of Philip IV
- Nov 18 Pope Boniface VIII issues papal bull (decree) "Unam sanctam" emphasizing the higher position of the spiritual in comparison with the secular order
Who Died in 1302
- Jul 11 Jacques de Châtillon, French Lord of Leuze and Governor of Flanders, dies in the Battle of the Golden Spurs at about 46
- Jul 11 Pierre Flote, French legist and Chancellor of France under King Philip IV, dies in the Battle of the Golden Spurs
- Jul 11 Robert II, Count of Artois and French soldier, dies in the Battle of the Golden Spurs at 51
- Nov 17 St. Gertrude the Great, German Benedictine nun (b. 1256)
- Dec 31 Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)
Gregory I
Gregory XIII
Julius II
Julius III
Leo X
Pius V