wagon train of over 200 baggage and supply wagons – which straggle behind the long columns, to catch up. At the nearby port of Leith, English supply ships land stores for the army – who will be well rested before the 35-mile march that will bring them to Stirling Castle, before the deadline of June 24. June 23 – English forces approach the Scottish positions at Torwood, mounted troops under Gilbert de Clare are confronted by Scottish forces and repulsed. During the fierce fighting, Henry de Bohun is killed in a duel by King Robert I (the Bruce). Edward II and forward elements, mainly cavalry, encamp at Bannockburn. The baggage train and the majority of the forces arrive in the evening. June 24 – Battle of Bannockburn: Scottish forces (some 8,000 men) led by Robert I (the Bruce) defeat the English army at Bannockburn. During the battle, the Scottish pikemen formed in schiltrons (or phalanx) repulses the English cavalry (some 2,000 men). Edward II flees with his bodyguard (some 500 men), while panic spreads among the remaining forces, turning their defeat into a rout. June 25 – Edward II arrives at Dunbar Castle, and takes safely a ship to Bamburgh in Northumberland. His mounted escort takes the coastal route from Dunbar to Berwick. August 14 – Scottish raiders led by Edward Bruce plunder the north-eastern counties in the Pennines, they are attacked at Stainmore by the English under Andrew Harclay. September 29 – In exchange for the captured English nobles, Edward II releases Robert I (the Bruce) his wife Elizabeth de Burgh, sisters and his daughter Marjorie Bruce. Africa Amda Seyon I (Pillar of Zion) begins his reign as Emperor of Ethiopia, during which he expands into Muslim territory to the southeast. He enlarges his kingdom by incorporating a number of smaller states. By topic Education April 4 – Exeter College in England is founded by Bishop Walter de Stapledon, as a school to educate clergy. Religion April 20 – Pope Clement V dies after an 9-year pontificate at Roquemaure. During his reign, Clement reorganizes and centralizes the administration of the Catholic Church. The Ozbek Han Mosque is built in the realm of Özbeg Khan in the Crimea. </onlyinclude> Births January 13 – John Bardolf, English nobleman and peerage (d. 1363) March 10 – Ramathibodi I, Thai nobleman, prince and ruler (d. 1369) May 13 – Sergius of Radonezh, Russian