Events

Beginning of the Renaissance.
Abacus first used in China.
Money from Florence, Italy becomes the first International Currency.
Philip IV of France begins attempt to annex Flanders.
Wenceslas II of Bohemia becomes King of Poland.
Jubilee of Pope Boniface VIII.
The Tuareg establish a state centered on Agadez.
10 March - Wardrobe accounts of King Edward I of England (aka Edward Longshanks) include a reference to a game called creag being played at the town of Newenden in Kent. It is generally agreed that creag was an early form of Cricket. See also: History of cricket to 1696.

Births

Years: 1297 1298 1299 - 1300 - 1301 1302 1303
Decades: 1270s 1280s 1290s - 1300s - 1310s 1320s 1330s
Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century 1300 state leaders