1293
# 1293

Year 1293 (MCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

## Events

### By area

**Africa**

* 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.

**Asia**

* May 26 – An earthquake in Kamakura, Japan kills an estimated 23,000.
* May 31 – The forces of Raden Wijaya win a major victory in the Mongol invasion of Java, which is considered to be the founding date of the city of Surabaya.
* The Japanese era Shōō ends, and the Einin era begins.
* Kublai Khan sends a fleet to the islands of Southeast Asia, including Java.
* The Hindu Majapahit Empire is founded by Kertarajasa in Java. It benefits from internal conflict and Mongol intervention, to defeat the Singhasari Kingdom and establish the empire.

**Europe**

* Torkel Knutsson leads Sweden in beginning the Third Swedish Crusade, against unchristianized Finnish Karelia. In the same year, the construction of Vyborg Castle begins, by orders of Knutsson.
* The Ordinances of Justice are enacted, in the Commune of Florence.
* The Isle of Wight is sold to King Edward I of England by Isabella de Forz, Countess of Devon, for 6,000 marks.

### By topic

**Arts and culture**

* Dante Alighieri completes the book of verse La Vita Nuova.

**Education**

* May 20 – King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Studium General, forerunner to the modern Complutense University of Madrid.

**Religion**

* January – Ignatius bar Wahib becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Mardin.

## Births

* John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic (approximate date; d. 1381)
* Margaret de Clare, English noblewoman (d. 1342)
* Fedlim Ó Conchobair, King of Connacht (d. 1316)
* Philip V of France (d. 1322)
* Philip VI of France (d. 1350)
* Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland (d. 1326)

## Deaths

* May 2 – Meir of Rothenburg, German rabbi (b. c.1215)
* June 29 – Henry of Ghent, philosopher (b. c.1217)
* November 10 – Isabella de Forz, Countess of Devon (b. 1237)
* December 14 – Al-Ashraf Khalil, Mamluk sultan of Egypt (assassinated)
* date unknown
   * David VI Narin, King of Georgia (b. 1225)
   * William of Rubruck, Flemish Franciscan missionary (approximate date; b. c.1220)
