
Events 1290s – Ottoman Empire established
1299 Ottoman Empire is established Events 1290- “Year without winter” – An exceptionally rare instance of uninterrupted transition, from autumn to the following spring, in England and the mainland of Western Europe William Wallace, Scottish rebel leader, leads an uprising against the English at Lanark and kills Sheriff William Hesselrig. He joins with William Douglas the Hardy, the first Scottish nobleman in rebellion – combining forces at Sanquhar, Durisdeer and Scone Abbey (known as the Raid on Scone) in June. Later, Wallace captures the English treasury at Scone to finance the rebellion against Edward I of England The spinning wheel is now in widespread use in England for manufacturing woolen yarn 1292: Marco Polo, on his voyage […]