Year by year · 14th century
1302
1302 in world history: 7 events, 2 births and 9 deaths. 819 recorded states existed that year.
Events
Dante Alighieri is sentenced to exile from Florence
Florence's victorious Black Guelphs convicted Dante of corruption in his absence. He never returned home, and wrote the 'Divine Comedy' during his exile.
Flemish townsmen massacre the French garrison in Bruges
Before dawn, Flemish townsmen led by Pieter de Coninck and Jan Breydel massacred the French garrison installed in Bruges by Philip IV of France. The revolt led to the Flemish victory at the Battle of the Golden Spurs in July.
The Peace of Caltabellotta ends the War of the Sicilian Vespers
Frederick III of Sicily and Charles, Count of Valois, signed the Peace of Caltabellotta, ending the war between the Angevins and the Aragonese. Frederick kept the island for life as King of Trinacria, while the Angevin Charles II kept mainland Naples.
Pope Boniface VIII issues the bull Unam sanctam
Pope Boniface VIII issued the bull Unam sanctam, declaring the pope supreme head of the Church and submission to him necessary for salvation. It was the definitive statement of the late medieval theory of the pope's temporal and spiritual supremacy.
In the profiles
Ottoman EmpireOsman I defeats a Byzantine force at the Battle of Bapheus
County of FlandersFlemish militias defeat French knights at the Battle of the Golden Spurs
Born in 1302 2
Died in 1302 9
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