1293

Year 1293 was a common year starting on Thursday "Calendar - Portugal - 1293" (Julian calendar), Time and Date AS / Steffen Thorsen, 2008, webpage: [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/index.html?year=1293&country=15 TimeandDate-calendar-1293-Portugal] .] (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1293

* May 20 - King Sancho IV of Castile creates the "Studium General", forerunner to the modern Complutense University of Madrid.
* May 26 - An earthquake in Kamakura, Japan kills an estimated 30,000.
* December - Mamluk sultan of Egypt Khalil is assassinated by his regent Baydara, who briefly claims the sultanate before being assassinated himself by a rival political faction.

Undated

* Torkel Knutsson leads Sweden in beginning the Third Swedish Crusade against unchristianized Finnish Karelia.
* Dante Alighieri completes the book of verse "La Vita Nuova".
* Khubilai sends a fleet to the islands of Southeast Asia, including Java.
* The Hindu Majapahit Empire of the Malay archipelago is founded by Kertarajasa, who exploits internal conflict and Mongol intervention to defeat the Singhasari kingdom and establish the empire.
* The Japanese era Shōō ends, and the Einin era begins.
* Enactment of the Ordinances of Justice in the Commune of Florence.

Births

* Margaret de Clare, English noblewoman (d. 1342)
* Felim mac Aedh Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht (d. 1316)
* Philip V of France (d. 1322)
* Philip VI of France (d. 1350)
* John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic (approximate date; d. 1381)
* Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland (d. 1326):"Also see ".

Deaths

* May 2 - Meir of Rothenburg, German rabbi (b. c. 1215)
* Henry of Ghent, philosopher (b. c. 1217)
* Khalil, Mamluk sultan of Egypt
* David VI Narin, King of Georgia (b. 1225)
* Dmitri of Pereslavl, Grand Duke of Vladimir-Suzdal
* William of Rubruck, Franciscan missionary (approximate date; b. c. 1220):"Also see ".

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