submission to Edward I (Longshanks) is signed by the future Scottish king Robert I (the Bruce) and other Scottish leaders. August 22 – Edward I (Longshanks) leads an expedition to Flanders. He moves with an army (some 8,000 men) supported by 800 knights to Ghent and makes the city his base of operations in Flanders. September 11 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scottish forces (some 6,000 men) led by Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeat an English army under John de Warenne at Stirling, on the Forth River. October–November – Scottish forces led by William Wallace begin raids in Northumberland and Cumberland. During a ceremony at Selkirk, Wallace is knighted and appointed Guardian of Scotland. Winter – Edward I (Longshanks) accepts a truce proposed by King Philip IV (the Fair) and leaves Flanders. He returns to London and prepares a campaign against William Wallace in Scotland. By topic Religion May 3 – Stefano Colonna, Italian chief magistrate and papal official, captures the treasure of the Tomb of Caecilia Metella near Rome, which is sent by the rival Caetani family to Pope Boniface VIII. July 11 – Late king Louis IX (the Saint) is canonized by Boniface VIII. Louis a devout Christian of the Catholic Church, banned during his reign prostitution, gambling, blasphemy and judicial duels. Boniface VIII attempts to end the rivalry between Genoa and Pisa over the Tyrrhenian islands of Sardinia and Corsica, naming King James II (the Just) as regent of the islands. A Portuguese Water Dog is first described in a monk's report of a drowning sailor, who has been pulled from the sea by a dog. Births March 25 Andronikos III (Palaiologos), Byzantine emperor (d. 1341) Arnošt of Pardubice, Czech archbishop and advisor (d. 1364) July 8 – Tarabya I, Burmese ruler (House of Myinsaing) (d. 1339) August 14 – Hanazono, Japanese emperor and poet (d. 1348) Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Marinid ruler of Morocco (d. 1351) Bernardo Canaccio, Italian nobleman, poet and writer (d. 1360) Charles II (Magnanimous), French nobleman and knight (d. 1346) Ernest I, German nobleman and prince (House of Welf) (d. 1361) Ingeborg Eriksdottir, Norwegian princess and co-regent (d. 1357) Isabella of Sabran, Spanish noblewoman and princess (d. 1315) Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania (House of Gediminids) (d. 1382) Mary de Monthermer (or MacDuff), English noblewoman (d. 1371) Thomas Wake, English nobleman, governor and knight (d. 1349) Yanagiwara Sukeakira, Japanese nobleman