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===April–June=== * [[April 8]] (8 Shaban 701 AH) – Sultan [[Muhammad II of Granada|Muhammad II]] dies after a 29-year reign and is succeeded by his son [[Muhammad III of Granada|Muhammad III]] as ruler of [[Emirate of Granada|Granada]]. Within two weeks of his accession, he sends a Nasrid army under [[Hammu ibn Abd al-Haqq]] to seize [[Bedmar y Garcíez|Bedmar]] and other neighboring strongholds from [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]]. Nasrid forces also attack [[Jódar]], northeast of Bedmar, and recapture [[Quesada, Spain|Quesada]]. Meanwhile, Muhammad contains friendly relations with King [[James II of Aragon|James II]] ("James the Just").<ref>Joseph F. O'Callaghan (2011). ''The Gibraltar Crusade: Castile and the Battle for the Strait'', p. 118. University of Pennsylvania Press. {{ISBN|978-0-8122-2302-6}}.</ref> * [[April 10]] – The first meeting of the [[Estates General (France)|Estates General]] in [[France in the Middle Ages|France]] is convened King [[Philip IV of France|Philip IV]] ("Philip the Fair") at the [[Notre-Dame de Paris|Notre-Dame]] in [[Paris]]. During the assembly, all three classes – the French nobles, clergy, and commons – discuss the conflict between Philip and [[Pope Boniface VIII]] over the papal legate, [[Bernard Saisset]] – who is accused to raise a rebellion of Occitan independence, associated with [[Navarre]], under the banner of the [[County of Foix]].<ref>Andrew Latham (2019). "Medieval Geopolitics: The Conflict between Pope Boniface VIII and King Philip IV of France". ''Medievalists.net''.</ref> *[[April 12]] – [[Ghazan]] of the Mongol Empire's [[Ilkhanate]] division sends a letter to Pope Boniface and announces preparations for a new campaign against the Mamluk Sultanate.<ref>"Why Did the West Fail to Recover the Holy Land Between 1291 and 1320?", by Malcolm Barber, in ''Crusading and Warfare in the Middle Ages'', ed. by Simon John and Nicholas Morton (Taylor & Francis, 2016)</ref> *[[April 22]] – In modern-day [[Turkey]], [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] Emperor [[Michael IX Palaiologos]] launches a military campaign against Turkish forces who have been conducting raids, and marches from [[Constantinople]].<ref>Savvas Kyriakidis, ''Warfare in Late Byzantium, 1204-1453'' (Brill, 2011)</ref> His army travels southward as far as [[Magnesia on the Maeander|Magnesia ad Maeander]] (the ruins of which are now near the town of [[Ortaklar]] in what is now Turkey's [[Aydin Province]]). Palaiologos seeks to directly confront the Turkish forces, but is dissuaded by his generals. In the meantime, the Turks resume their raids, isolating Michael at Magnesia. His army is dissolved without a battle, as the local forces are left behind to defend their homes. The Alans (Byzantine mercenaries) too leave, to rejoin their families in [[Thrace]]. Michael is forced to withdraw by the sea, followed by another wave of refugees.<ref>Nicol, Donald M. (1993). ''The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261–1453'', pp. 125–126. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-521-43991-6}}.</ref> *[[May 17]] – At the age of 12, [[Eleanor of Anjou]], daughter of King [[Charles II of Naples]], marries King [[Frederick III of Sicily]]. *[[May 18]] – Flemish militia kill 2,000 French soldiers in the course of the [[Matins of Bruges]], after [[Pieter de Coninck]] and [[Jan Breydel]] call on soldiers to kill all of the French occupiers of the city in Flanders. The French Governor of Flanders, [[Jacques de Châtillon]], escapes with a handful of soldiers while disguised as a priest. He arrives in [[Paris]] to bring the news of the massacre to King Philip the Fair, who sends an army to capture the city.<ref>Tucker, Spencer C. (2010). ''A Global Chronology of Conflict'', p. 294. Vol. 1. {{ISBN|978-1-85-109667-1}}.</ref> *[[June 12]] – The Baltic Sea town of [[Rakvere|Wesenberg]] in [[Duchy of Estonia (1219–1346)|Danish Estonia]] (modern-day Rakvere) receives municipal self-government under the Hanseatic League doctrine of [[Lübeck law]]. *[[June 14]] – [[Matteo I Visconti]], [[List of rulers of Milan|Lord of Milan]] (''Signore di Milano''), the semi-independent Italian region within the [[Holy Roman Empire]], is deposed by [[Guido della Torre]], but will return in 1311.
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