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| Gregorian calendar | 1307 MCCCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2060 |
| Armenian calendar | 756 ԹՎ ՉԾԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6057 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1228–1229 |
| Bengali calendar | 714 |
| Berber calendar | 2257 |
| English Regnal year | 35 Edw. 1 – 1 Edw. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1851 |
| Burmese calendar | 669 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6815–6816 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 4004 or 3797 — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 4005 or 3798 |
| Coptic calendar | 1023–1024 |
| Discordian calendar | 2473 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1299–1300 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5067–5068 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1363–1364 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1228–1229 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4407–4408 |
| Holocene calendar | 11307 |
| Igbo calendar | 307–308 |
| Iranian calendar | 685–686 |
| Islamic calendar | 706–707 |
| Japanese calendar | Tokuji 2 (徳治２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1218–1219 |
| Julian calendar | 1307 MCCCVII |
| Korean calendar | 3640 |
| Minguo calendar | 605 before ROC 民前605年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −161 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1849–1850 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 1433 or 1052 or 280 — to — 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1434 or 1053 or 281 |
Year 1307 (MCCCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- October 13 – King Philip IV (the Fair) orders the arrest of the Knights Templar in France. The Templars, together with their Grand Master Jacques de Molay, are imprisoned, interrogated, and tortured into confessing heresy. In Paris, the king's inquisitors torture some 140 Templars, most of whom eventually make confessions. Many are subjected to "fire torture": their legs are fastened in an iron frame and the soles of their feet are greased with fat or butter. Unable to withstand these tortures, many Templars eventually confess.
England
- Spring – King Robert I (the Bruce) crosses with a small force (some 600 men) from the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde to his earldom of Carrick in Ayrshire. He attacks the English garrison at Turnberry Castle, plundering and destroying the stronghold. Meanwhile, James Douglas (the Black) attacks the English garrison at Douglas Castle at Palm Sunday – while they are slaughtered during a church mass (known as the "Douglas Larder").
- February – Battle of Loch Ryan: Thomas de Brus and Alexander de Brus sail with an invasion force of 1,000 men and 18 galleys, into the harbor at Loch Ryan. But they are defeated by rival Scots under Dungal MacDouall. During the attack, only two galleys escape and all the leaders are captured. Thomas and Alexander are taken as captives to Carlisle, where they are later executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered on February 17.
- May 10 – Battle of Loudoun Hill: Scottish forces under Robert I (the Bruce) the English army (some 3,000 men) at Loudoun Hill.
- July 7 – Edward II becomes King of England.
Date unknown
- The Mongol raids on India end.
- Januli I da Corogna seizes control of Sifnos and becomes its lord.
- The village of Heerle is proclaimed an independent parish.
By topic
Folklore
- November 18 – William Tell, Swiss mountain climber and marksman, shoots (according to legend) an apple off his son's head with a crossbow at Altdorf, Switzerland.
Literature
- The book Jami' al-Tawarikh ("Compendium of Chronicles", but often referred to as The Universal History or History of the World), by Rashid al-Din Hamadani, is published in Tabriz, Persia.
Births
- date unknown
- William II, Count of Hainaut
- Alessandra Giliani, Italian scientist (d. 1326)
Deaths
- January 13 – Wareru, founder of Hanthawaddy Kingdom of Pegu (b. 1253)
- February 10 – Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan
- February 17
- Alexander de Brus (or Bruse), Scottish nobleman (b. 1285)
- Thomas de Brus (or Bruse), Scottish nobleman (b. 1284)
- April 23 – Joan of Acre (or Johanna), English princess (b. 1272)
- July 4 – Rudolf I, Bohemian nobleman, knight and king (b. 1282)
- July 7 – Edward I (Longshanks), king of England (b. 1239)
- November 17
- Hethum II, king of Cilician Armenia (b. 1266)
- Leo III, king of Cilician Armenia (b. 1289)
- Guillaume de Gisors, French grand master of the Priory of Sion (b. 1219)
- John Palaiologos, Byzantine prince and governor of Thessalonica (b. 1286)
References
- Howarth, Stephen (1982). The Knights Templar, pp. 260–261. New York: Barnes & Noble. ISBN 978-0-880-29663-2.
- Barber, Malcolm (2012). The Trial of the Templars, p. 1. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-45727-9.
- Barbour, John, The Bruce, p. 264. Translation: A. A. H. Duncan, 1964.
- Barron, Evan MacLeod (1914). The Scottish War of Independence, p. 260. Barnes and Noble Books.
- "Edward II of England: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland". www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- "Edward I and Eleanor of Castile". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved March 21, 2019.