and begins to raid the English countryside in smaller groups. August – Pope Boniface VIII sends a letter to Edward I (Longshanks) demanding that he should withdraw from Scotland. Edward ignores the letter, but because the campaign is not a success, the English forces begin on their home journey. Edward arranges a truce with the Scots on October 30 and returns home. Oasisamerica The Ancestral Puebloans abandon the Mesa Verde region in the Colorado Plateau. By topic Cities and Towns June 15 – Diego López V de Haro, Spanish nobleman and Lord of Biscay, founds the city of Bilbao through a municipal charter in Valladolid. Religion February 22 – The Jubilee of Boniface VIII is celebrated. It is at this celebration that Giovanni Villani decides to write his universal history of Florence, called the Nuova Cronica ("New Chronicles"). June 17 – Turku Cathedral is consecrated by Bishop Magnus I at Turku. During his reign, he helps to complete the Christianization in Finland. July 18 – Gerard Segarelli, Italian founder of the Apostolic Brethren, is burn at the stake in Parma during a brutal repression of the Apostolics. Births January 21 – Roger Clifford, English nobleman and knight (d. 1322) January 28 – Chūgan Engetsu, Japanese poet and writer (d. 1375) February 1 – Bolko II of Ziębice, Polish nobleman and knight (d. 1341) April 4 – Constance of Aragon, Aragonese princess (infanta) (d. 1327) June 1 – Thomas of Brotherton, English nobleman and prince (d. 1338) September 27 – Adolf of the Rhine, German nobleman (d. 1327) October 9 – John de Grey, English nobleman and knight (d. 1359) December 22 – Khutughtu Khan Kusala, Mongol emperor (d. 1329) Charles d'Artois, Neapolitan nobleman, knight and chancellor (d. 1346) Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro, Italian bishop and theologian (d. 1342) Gerard III, Dutch nobleman, knight, bailiff and rebel leader (d. 1358) Guillaume de Harsigny, French doctor and court physician (d. 1393) Guillaume de Machaut, French priest, poet and composer (d. 1377) Immanuel Bonfils, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1377) Jakov of Serres, Serbian scholar, hierarch and translator (d. 1365) Jeanne de Clisson, French noblewoman and privateer (d. 1359) Joanna of Pfirt, German noblewoman (House of Habsburg) (d. 1351) Johannes Tauler, German preacher, mystic and theologian (d. 1361) John III, Dutch nobleman and knight (House of Reginar) (d. 1355) John Sheppey, English administrator, treasurer and bishop (d. 1360) Jordan of Quedlinburg, German