- Jan 27 Dante becomes a Florentine political exile
- May 18 Bruges Matins; the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by local Flemish militia
- Jul 11 Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch) near Kortrijk, Belgium. Flemish coalition defeat French army
- Nov 19 Pope Boniface VIII delegates degree "Unam sanctam"