ROMSO Cyprus Knowledge Base
Year 1299
1299
Events
### January to June
* 1299 is a common year starting on a Thursday.
### May
* 6 May: The siege of Tlemcen began (ending in 1307). The Marquis of Fez led the attack.
* 25 May: The Treaty of Milan was signed between Genoa and Venice, facilitated by Pope Boniface VIII and Charles III of Anjou.
### June to December
* 19 June: The Treaty of Montreal-sur-Mer restored peace between France, Flanders, and England. Philip IV of France ceded the province of Guyenne to Edward I of England but retained control over Bordeaux.
* July 4: The Battle of Orlando took place, where the combined fleet of King James III of Aragon and Charles III of Anjou, led by Admiral Roger of Lauria, defeated the fleet of King Frederick III of Sicily.
### December
* 23-24 December: The Mongols achieved a victory in Syria against the Mamluks at the Battle of Wadi al-Khazandar near Homs.
* 1 December: The Battle of Falconaria occurred near Trapani, with no further information available.
### Other Events
* Campaign of Arghun Ghazan against Sultan Mamluk of Syria (ending in 1300). He had the support of Armenians, Georgians, the King of Cyprus, and Hospitallers. Aleppo was taken in December, but Damascus fell to the Mamluks.
* Beginning of the reign of Ouedem-Arad, son of Yekouno Amlak, king of Ethiopia (ending in 1314).
* The three Shan brothers seized Pagan in Burma and killed Prince Kyawswa, the governor of the city for the Mongols.
* The Muslims of Delhi conquered Gujarat. An army led by two of the sultan's brothers, Ala ed-Din, sacked the cities, sparing neither Hindus nor Muslims. Temples were systematically destroyed, and idols broken.
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