1292

Events

• April 5 - The Papal election, 1292–94 begins.
• November - Michael II becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
• November 17 - John Balliol is selected by King Edward I of England as King of Scotland, from among 13 competitors for the Crown of Scotland; Edward then treats John as a puppet ruler and Scotland as a vassal state, eventually provoking the Wars of Scottish Independence, commencing in 1296.
• King Mangrai the Great of Ngoenyang conquers and annexes the Mon kingdom of Hariphunchai, creating a political union in the form of the Lanna Kingdom.
• The Vaghela Dynasty in Gujarat is subjugated by the Deccan Yadava Dynasty of Daulatabad.
• The Mamluk sultan of Egypt, Al-Ashraf Khalil, invades the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
• The Isfendiyarid Dynasty is founded in the Kastamonu Province.
• The Mongols land on Java, taking the capital, but it proves impossible to hold.
• The Taxatio Ecclesiastica, compiled in 1291–92, is completed under the order of Pope Nicholas IV.

  Births

• January 20 - Elizabeth of Bohemia, queen consort of Bohemia
• October 3 - Eleanor de Clare, English noblewoman
• date unknown - Henry Burghersh, English statesman and bishop
• probable
• * John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor
• * Elisenda of Montcada, queen consort and regent of Aragon

  Deaths

• April 4 - Pope Nicholas IV, Italian pontiff
• May/June - Kertanegara, Last King of Singhasari
• June 2 - Rhys ap Maredudd, Welsh nobleman and rebel leader
• June? - Roger Bacon, English philosopher and scientist
• July 13 or July 16 - Jacobus de Voragine, Italian chronicler
• October 25 - Robert Burnell, Lord Chancellor of England
• October/November - Marjorie of Carrick, 3rd Countess of Carrick
• December 8 - John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury
• date unknown - Vakhtang II of Georgia
• approximate date
• * Abraham Abulafia, Spanish kabbalist
• * Lucia, Countess of Tripoli