On This Day

What Happened in 1292

Historical Events

  • Nov 17 (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scots.

Famous People Born in 1292

  • Jan 20 Elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330)

World Leaders in 1292

  • Kublai KhanKublai Khan
    Mongolian Emperor and Founder of the Yuan Dynasty

Famous Deaths

  • Apr 4 Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies
  • Dec 8 John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62
  • Dec 9 Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies

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