1292 ( MCCXCII ) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar , the 1292nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 292nd year of the 2nd millennium , the 92nd year of the 13th century , and the 3rd year of the 1290s decade. As of the start of 1292, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events [ change | change source ]

Europe [ change | change source ]

• November 17 ? ( Julian calendar ) John Balliol is selected as King of Scotland from among 13 candidates by King Edward I of England ; Edward then treats John as a puppet ruler and Scotland as a vassal state, eventually leading to the Wars of Scottish Independence beginning from 1296 .

Asia [ change | change source ]

• The Lanna kingdom of northern Thailand conquers and annexes the Mon kingdom of Haripunchai .
• The Vaghela dynasty in Gujarat is subjugated by the Deccan Yadava dynasty of Daulatabad .
• Mamluk Sultan of Egypt Khalil invades the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia .
• The Turkish emirate of Candaroglu is founded in the Kastamonu Province .

Births [ change | change source ]

• January 20 ? Elisabeth I of Bohemia (died 1330 )
• Smilets of Bulgaria (died 1298 )
• Henry Burghersh , English statesman (died 1340 )
• John VI Cantacuzenus , Byzantine emperor (approximate date; died 1383 )
• Eleanor de Clare , English noblewoman (died 1337 )

Deaths [ change | change source ]

• April 4 ? Pope Nicholas IV (born 1227 )
• July 13 ? or 16 ? Jacobus de Voragine , Italian chronicler (born 1230 )
• October 25 ? Robert Burnell , Lord Chancellor of England
• Abulafia , Spanish kabbalist (approximate date; born 1240 )
• Marjorie of Carrick, 3rd Countess of Carrick (born 1256 )
• Vakhtang II of Georgia
• John Peckham , Archbishop of Canterbury
• Lucia of Tripoli (approximate date)