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Famous People Who Died in 1305

  • Mar 7 Gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78
  • Apr 4 Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)
  • Jun 21 Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305), dies at 33

ExecutionWilliam Wallace

Aug 23 Scottish patriot William Wallace is hanged, disemboweled and beheaded at Smithfield, London

William Wallace
Scottish Nobleman William Wallace
  • Sep 10 Nicholas van Tolentino, Italian saint, dies
  • Oct 4 Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)
  • Nov 18 John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)

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