1293

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.