The following events occurred in France in the year 1305.
Incumbents
Monarch – Philip IV
Events
March 25 – The College of Navarre, one of the colleges of the historic University of Paris is founded.The modern history is by Nathalie Gorochov, Le Collège de Navarre de sa fondation (1305) au début du XVe siècle (1418): Histoire de l'institution, de sa vie intellectuelle et de son recrutement. March 31/April 2 – Queen of France Joan I dies in childbirth. Philip IV of France loses the title of Philip I King of Navarre and Count of Champagne upon the death of his wife Joan I of Navarre. Philip refused to remarry after Joan's death, despite the great political and financial rewards of doing so. April – New Mongol ruler Öljaitü sends letters to Philip IV of France, Pope Clement V, and Edward I of England offering a military collaboration between the Christian nations of Europe and the Mongols against the Mamluks. June 23 – The Treaty of Athis-sur-Orge is signed between King Philip IV of France and Robert III of Flanders. The treaty was signed at Athis-sur-Orge and concluded the Franco-Flemish War, as it recognised Flemish independence as a fief, but at the cost of the cities of Lille, Douai and Béthune, which were transferred to the French crown-lands, and the paying of exorbitant fines to Philip IV.
Births
Date unknown
Arnoul d'Audrehem, French nobleman, knight and marshal (d. 1370) Peter Thomas, French monk, archbishop and theologian (d. 1366) Philippe de Cabassoles, French bishop and papal legate (d. 1372)
Deaths March 1 – Blanche of France, French princess and duchess (b. 1278) March 7 – Guy of Dampierre, French nobleman and knight (b. 1226) April 2 – Joan I of Navarre, French queen consort and regent (b. 1273) October 9 – Robert de Pontigny, French abbot and cardinalEubel I, p. 12. V.-B. Henry, Histoire de l'abbaye de Pontigny (Avallon 1882), p. 143 November 18 – John II, French nobleman and knight (b. 1239)
Date unknown
Guillaume de Villaret, French knight and Grand Master (b. 1235)
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