1303. Pope Boniface VIII is surprised at Anagni by William de Nogaret, King Philip's adviser; after being kept for some days a prisoner he is rescued and allowed to return to Rome, where he dies.
Scotland submits to Edward I of England.
Andronicus Palæologus, the Byzantine Emperor, engages the Catalan Grand Company to aid him against the Turks.[85]
1304. Roger di Flor defeats the Mongols, enters Philadelphia, and stations himself at Ephesus.
1305. Wallace, "Hero of Scotland," is executed. See "Exploits and Death of William Wallace, the Hero of Scotland," [vi], [369.]
Beginning of the so-called Babylonish Captivity, being the establishment of the papal court at Lyons, France.
1306. A grandson of the first claimant, Robert Bruce, is crowned King of Scotland; he dispossesses the English of a great part of Scotland.
On complaint of the nobility and gentry the use of sea-coal is prohibited in London.
1307. Death of Edward I; his son, Edward II, succeeds to the English throne.
Charges against the Knights Templars. See "Extinction of the Order of Knights Templars," vii, [51.]