Major Events Mar 18 Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake by King Philip IV of France Jun 24 Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England Born in 1314 May 13 Sergius of Radonezh, Russian saint, born in Varnitsa, Rostov Velikiy (d. 1392) Who Died in 1314 Philip IV of FranceNovember 29 More 1314 Deaths 1313 History by Year 1315 Medieval Popes Gregory I Gregory XIII Julius II Julius III Leo X Pius V