1293

Years: 1290 1291 1292 - 1293 - 1294 1295 1296
Decades: 1260s 1270s 1280s - 1290s - 1300s 1310s 1320s
Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

1293 by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments - Disestablishments v • d • e
Art and literature
1293 in poetry v • d • e

[edit] Events

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.
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.