1308

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Edward II cavorting with his favourite Piers Gaveston (left) by Marcus Stone
1308 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1308
MCCCVIII
Ab urbe condita2061
Armenian calendar757
ԹՎ ՉԾԷ
Assyrian calendar6058
Balinese saka calendar1229–1230
Bengali calendar715
Berber calendar2258
English Regnal yearEdw. 2 – 2 Edw. 2
Buddhist calendar1852
Burmese calendar670
Byzantine calendar6816–6817
Chinese calendar丁未年 (Fire Goat)
4004 or 3944
    — to —
戊申年 (Earth Monkey)
4005 or 3945
Coptic calendar1024–1025
Discordian calendar2474
Ethiopian calendar1300–1301
Hebrew calendar5068–5069
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1364–1365
 - Shaka Samvat1229–1230
 - Kali Yuga4408–4409
Holocene calendar11308
Igbo calendar308–309
Iranian calendar686–687
Islamic calendar707–708
Japanese calendarTokuji 3 / Enkyō 1
(延慶元年)
Javanese calendar1219–1220
Julian calendar1308
MCCCVIII
Korean calendar3641
Minguo calendar604 before ROC
民前604年
Nanakshahi calendar−160
Thai solar calendar1850–1851
Tibetan calendar阴火羊年
(female Fire-Goat)
1434 or 1053 or 281
    — to —
阳土猴年
(male Earth-Monkey)
1435 or 1054 or 282


Year 1308 (MCCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January – March

  • January 25 – King Edward II marries the 13-year-old Isabella of France, daughter of King Philip IV of France ("Philip the Fair"). The marriage takes place at Boulogne and Edward leaves his friend and favourite, Piers Gaveston, as regent in his absence. Isabella's wardrobe indicates her wealth and style – she has dresses of silk, velvet, taffeta and cloth along with numerous furs; she has over 72 headdresses and coifs. Isabella brings with her two gold crowns, gold and silver dinnerware and 419 yards of linen. Meanwhile, Edward alienates the nobles by placing Gaveston in such a powerful position, who react by signing the Boulogne agreement on January 31.
  • February 1Herman I the Tall Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel (and co-ruler of Brandenburg with Otto IV), dies and is succeeded as Margrave by his son John V.
  • February 25 – Edward II is crowned at Westminster Abbey under the guidance of Henry Woodlock, bishop of Winchester. During the ceremony, Piers Gaveston is given the honour of carrying the crown. At the banquet that followed, Edward spends more time with Gaveston than with his wife Isabella of France. Isabella's family, who have travelled with her from France, leave to report back to Philip IV of Edward's favouritism for Gaveston over Isabella. As part of the coronation, Edward swears an oath to uphold "the rightful laws and customs which the community of the realm shall have chosen".
  • March 8 – King Denis of Portugal, "the Poet King", grants Póvoa de Varzim a charter, the Foral, giving royal lands to 54 families, who found a municipality known as Póvoa around Praça Velha.
  • March 18 – Brothers Andrei Rurik and Lev II Rurik become the co-monarchs of Ruthenia (now part of Ukraine and Poland, with a capital at Lviv), upon the death of their father, King Yuri I of Galicia. The two brothers will reign until their deaths in 1323 at the Battle of Berestia against Mongol invaders.

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