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Year 1293 was a common year starting on Thursday (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.

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) ť 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) ť Also see .

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