proposal. Toqta accepts the supremacy of Emperor Temür Khan and all yams (postal relays) and commercial networks across the Mongol khanates reopen. In response, Toqta solidifies his rule upon the Rus' princes, who pledge allegiance to him at an assembly in Pereyaslavl.Martin, Janet (2007). Medieval Russia, 980–1584, p. 175. Cambridge University Press. . August – Sultan Alauddin Khalji orders a second invasion of Gujarat, which results in the annexation of the Kingdom of Vaghela into the Delhi Sultanate.Satish Chandra (2007). History of Medieval India: 800–1700, p. 103. Orient Longman. . By topic Religion July 7 – Pope Benedict XI dies after an 8-month pontificate in Perugia. Pro- and anti-French cardinals are unable to elect a successor (until 1305). The construction of Ypres Cloth Hall, in Ypres (modern Belgium), is completed. Births January 9 – Hōjō Takatoki, Japanese nobleman and regent (d. 1333) February 16 – Tugh Temür (or Wenzong), Mongol emperor (d. 1332) February 24 – Ibn Battuta, Moroccan scholar and explorer (d. 1369) May 2 – Margaret Mortimer, Anglo-Norman noblewoman (d. 1337) April 9 – Venturino of Bergamo, Italian monk and preacher (d. 1346) June 6 – Francesco Albergotti, Italian nobleman and jurist (d. 1376) July 20 – Francesco Petrarca, Italian historian and poet (d. 1374) October 4 – John Beauchamp, English peer and knight (d. 1343) October 17 Eleanor de Bohun, English noblewoman (d. 1363) James Butler, Irish nobleman and knight (d. 1338) Engelbert III, German archbishop (House of La Marck) (d. 1368) Gerard II de Lisle, English nobleman, peer and knight (d. 1360) Ibn al-Shatir, Syrian astronomer, engineer and writer (d. 1375) Joan of Valois, French noblewoman and princess (d. 1363) John of Aragon, Aragonese archbishop and patriarch (d. 1334) Lodewijk Heyligen, Flemish monk and music theorist (d. 1361) Magnus I (the Pious), German nobleman and knight (d. 1369) Marcus of Viterbo, Italian cardinal and papal legate (d. 1369) Marie of Luxemburg, queen of France and Navarre (d. 1324) Walram of Jülich, Dutch nobleman and archbishop (d. 1349) Walter VI, French nobleman, knight and constable (d. 1356) William de Clinton, English nobleman and admiral (d. 1354) Deaths January 13 – Ichijō Uchisane, Japanese nobleman (b. 1276) February 14 – Guy of Ibelin, Outremer nobleman (House of Ibelin) March 6 – Fujiwara no Kimiko, Japanese empress consort (b. 1232) March 7 – Bartolomeo I della Scala, Italian nobleman and knight March 23 – John I (Chiano), Sardinian ruler