1311
Year 1311 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.Events
January–December
- January 6 - Henry VII is crowned King of Italy in Milan, and on February 12 crushes a local rebellion.
- March 15 - Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V, Count of Brienne and his forces, to take control of the Duchy of Athens.
- April 7 - Battle of Wopławki: The Teutonic Knights defeat the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
- August 16 - The Parliament of England presents the Ordinances of 1311 to King Edward II ; these substitute the 21 Lord Ordainers for the King as the effective government of the country.
- October 16 - The Council of Vienne begins.
Date unknown
- Bolingbroke Castle passes to the House of Lancaster.
- Lincoln Cathedral in England is completed; with the spire reaching around 525 feet, it becomes the world's tallest structure, a record it holds until the spire is blown down in 1549.
Births
- January 28 or 1312 - Joan II of Navarre, queen regnant of Navarre
- June 24 or 1314 - Philippa of Hainault, queen of Edward III of England
- August 13 - King Alfonso XI of Castile
- July 1 - Liu Bowen, Chinese military strategist, officer, statesman and poet
- date unknown
- * Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
- * Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut
Deaths
- January 27 - Külüg Khan, Emperor Wuzong of Yuan
- March 3 - Antony Bek, bishop of Durham
- March 15 - at the Battle of Halmyros:
- * Walter V, Count of Brienne, Duke of Athens
- * Thomas III d'Autremencourt, Lord of Salona, Marshal of Achaea
- * Albert Pallavicini, Margrave of Bodonitza
- * George I Ghisi, Triarch of Euboea, Baron of Chalandritsa, Lord of Tinos, Mykonos, Serifos and Keos
- May 29 - James II of Majorca
- August 13 - Pietro Gradenigo, Doge of Venice
- September 5 - Amadeus Aba, Hungarian oligarch
- December 14 - Margaret of Brabant, German queen consort
- date unknown
- * David VIII of Georgia
- * Arnold of Villanova, Spanish alchemist and physician
- probable - Bernard Saisset, Occitan bishop of Pamiers