1293
Calendar year
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Year 1293 (MCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
| Gregorian calendar | 1293 MCCXCIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2046 |
| Armenian calendar | 742 ԹՎ ՉԽԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6043 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1214–1215 |
| Bengali calendar | 699–700 |
| Berber calendar | 2243 |
| English Regnal year | 21 Edw. 1 – 22 Edw. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1837 |
| Burmese calendar | 655 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6801–6802 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 3990 or 3783 — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3991 or 3784 |
| Coptic calendar | 1009–1010 |
| Discordian calendar | 2459 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1285–1286 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5053–5054 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1349–1350 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1214–1215 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4393–4394 |
| Holocene calendar | 11293 |
| Igbo calendar | 293–294 |
| Iranian calendar | 671–672 |
| Islamic calendar | 692–693 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōō 6 / Einin 1 (永仁元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1203–1204 |
| Julian calendar | 1293 MCCXCIII |
| Korean calendar | 3626 |
| Minguo calendar | 619 before ROC 民前619年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −175 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1835–1836 |
| Tibetan calendar | ཆུ་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Water-Dragon) 1419 or 1038 or 266 — to — ཆུ་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་ (female Water-Snake) 1420 or 1039 or 267 |
Events
By area
Africa
Asia
- May 26 – An earthquake in Kamakura, Japan kills an estimated 23,000.[2]
- 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.[3]
- Kublai Khan sends a fleet to the islands of Southeast Asia, including Java.[4]
- 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.[5]
Europe
- Torkel Knutsson leads Sweden in beginning the Third Swedish Crusade, against unchristianized Finnish Karelia.[6] In the same year, the construction of Vyborg Castle begins, by orders of Knutsson.[7]
- The Ordinances of Justice are enacted, in the Commune of Florence.[8]
- The Isle of Wight is sold to King Edward I of England by Isabella de Forz, Countess of Devon, for 6,000 marks.[9]
By topic
Arts and culture
- Dante Alighieri completes the book of verse La Vita Nuova.[10]
Education
- May 20 – King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Studium General, forerunner to the modern Complutense University of Madrid.[11]
Religion
- January – Ignatius bar Wahib becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Mardin.[12]
Births
- John of Ruysbroeck, Brabantian mystic (approximate date; d. 1381)[13]
- Margaret de Clare, English noblewoman (d. 1342)[14]
- Fedlim Ó Conchobair, King of Connacht (d. 1316)[15]
- Philip V of France (d. 1322)[16]
- Philip VI of France (d. 1350)[17]
- Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland (d. 1326)[18]
Deaths
- May 2 – Meir of Rothenburg, German rabbi (b. c.1215)[19]
- June 29 – Henry of Ghent, philosopher (b. c.1217)[20]
- November 10 – Isabella de Forz, Countess of Devon (b. 1237)[21]
- December 14 – Al-Ashraf Khalil, Mamluk sultan of Egypt (assassinated)[22]
- date unknown
- David VI Narin, King of Georgia (b. 1225)[23]
- William of Rubruck, Flemish Franciscan missionary (approximate date; b. c.1220)[24]