What Happened in 1315

Major Events

  • Apr 30 French chamberlain Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged on the public gallows at Montfaucon after being convicted of sorcery
  • Aug 1 Robert the Bruce's siege of Carlisle Castle ends in failure in Cumbria, England, during First War of Scottish Independence
  • Oct 25 Adam Banastre, Henry de Lea and William Bradshaw, led an attack on Liverpool Castle
  • Nov 15 Battle of Morgarten: Swiss beat duke Leopold I of Austria
  • Dec 9 Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society)

Born in 1315

  • May 20 Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)

Who Died in 1315

  • Feb 13 Jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies
  • May 9 Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 21
  • Jun 29 Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher, dies at about 79 [date disputed, some sources say 1316; exact birth date unknown, born c. 1235] [1]