the King as the effective government of the country. Bolingbroke Castle passes to the House of Lancaster. Lincoln Cathedral in England is completed; with the spire reaching around 525 feet (160 m), it becomes the world's tallest structure (surpassing the Great Pyramid of Giza, which held the record for almost 4,000 years), a record it holds until the spire is blown down in 1549. Births March 29 – Amadeus III, Savoyan nobleman and knight (d. 1367) April 3 – Margaret de Bohun, English noblewoman (d. 1391) July 1 – Liu Bowen, Chinese statesman and politician (d. 1375) August 13 – Alfonso XI (the Avenger), king of Castile (d. 1350) unknown dates Margaret I, German queen and Holy Roman Empress (d. 1356) Munenaga, Japanese nobleman, prince and priest (d. 1385) Peter I, Duke of Bourbon, French nobleman, knight and ambassador (d. 1356) Deaths January 27 – Külüg Khan (or Wuzong), Mongol ruler (b. 1281) March 3 – Antony Bek, English bishop and patriarch (b. 1245) March 15 Walter V, Latin nobleman (House of Brienne) (b. 1275) Thomas III d'Autremencourt, Lord of Salona, Marshal of Achaea Albert Pallavicini, Margrave of Bodonitza George I Ghisi, Triarch of Euboea, Baron of Chalandritsa, Lord of Tinos, Mykonos, Serifos and Keos May 29 – James II of Majorca (b. 1243) August 13 – Pietro Gradenigo, Doge of Venice September 5 – Amadeus Aba, Hungarian oligarch December 14 – Margaret of Brabant, German queen consort (b. 1276) date unknown David VIII of Georgia (b. 1273) Arnold of Villanova, Spanish alchemist and physician (b. 1235) Mangrai, founding king of Lan Na (b. 1238) probable – Bernard Saisset, Occitan bishop of Pamiers (b. 1232) References