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What Happened in 1311

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Major Events

  • Mar 15 Battle of Halmyros: Catalan Company defeats the Frankish Duchy of Athens and its vassals led by Walter V of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece
  • Apr 24 General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India
  • Oct 16 Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens

Born in 1311

  • Aug 13 King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon, born in Salamanca. Spain (d. 1350)

Who Died in 1311

  • Jan 27 Külüg Khan, Chinese Prince of Huaining, 3rd Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, dies at 29
  • Mar 15 Walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens (1308-15), killed in action at the Battle of Halmyros aged 35 or 36
  • Oct 13 Gwijde van Names, Flemish marshal (Golden Track), dies at 35


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