1301

Events

• February 7 - Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first Prince of Wales
• End of the reign of Emperor Go-Fushimi, emperor of Japan
• Emperor Go-Nijō ascends to the throne of Japan
• Dante was sent into Exile in Florence.

Births

• June 19 - Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (died 1333)
• July 23 - Duke Otto of Austria (died 1339)
• August 5 - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (died 1330)
• September 24 - Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (died 1372)
• William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English nobleman (died 1344)
• Nitta Yoshisada, Japanese head of the Nitta clan (died 1338)

Deaths

• Zahed Gilani, Grandmaster of the Zahediyeh Sufi Order (born 1216)