1291

Events

Europe

• May 10 - Scottish nobles recognize the authority of King Edward I of England.
• August 1 - The Swiss Confederation is formed by Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden (the Letter of Alliance).
• James II becomes King of Aragon.
• Frederick III becomes regent of Sicily.
• Sancho IV of Castile captures Tarifa from the Moors.
• The Habsburgs acquire Lucerne.
• Wenceslaus II of Bohemia becomes duke of Krakow.
• Grudziadz, Poland is chartered as a city.
• Saarburg, Germany is chartered as a town.
• Bratislava is chartered as a town.
• The scholars of The Royal Grammar School Worcester, England are given the rights to hold church services by the Bishop of Worcester Godfrey Giffard.
• Tax rolls record the existence of a chapel on Saint Tudwal's Island East.

Asia

• The Sultan of Egypt Khalil captures Acre, ending the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Births

• February 8 - King Afonso IV of Portugal
• Aimone of Savoy
• Charles I of Hungary (or possibly 1288)
• Pope Clement VI

Deaths

• June 18 - Alfonso III of Aragon
• July 15 - Rudolph I of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor
• Hong Dagu, Korean commander in the Yuan Dynasty
• Eleanor of Provence, consort of Henry III of England
• Saadi, Persian poet (or possibly 1283)