1243

Year 1243 (MCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1243 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1243
MCCXLIII
Ab urbe condita1996
Armenian calendar692
ԹՎ ՈՂԲ
Assyrian calendar5993
Balinese saka calendar1164–1165
Bengali calendar650
Berber calendar2193
English Regnal year27 Hen. 3  28 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar1787
Burmese calendar605
Byzantine calendar6751–6752
Chinese calendar壬寅年 (Water Tiger)
3939 or 3879
     to 
癸卯年 (Water Rabbit)
3940 or 3880
Coptic calendar959–960
Discordian calendar2409
Ethiopian calendar1235–1236
Hebrew calendar5003–5004
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1299–1300
 - Shaka Samvat1164–1165
 - Kali Yuga4343–4344
Holocene calendar11243
Igbo calendar243–244
Iranian calendar621–622
Islamic calendar640–641
Japanese calendarNinji 4 / Kangen 1
(寛元元年)
Javanese calendar1152–1153
Julian calendar1243
MCCXLIII
Korean calendar3576
Minguo calendar669 before ROC
民前669年
Nanakshahi calendar−225
Thai solar calendar1785–1786
Tibetan calendar阳水虎年
(male Water-Tiger)
1369 or 988 or 216
     to 
阴水兔年
(female Water-Rabbit)
1370 or 989 or 217
Pope Innocent IV (r. 1243–1254)

Events

Europe

  • March King Ferdinand III (the Saint) turns the independent Taifa of Murcia into a protectorate, and initiates the process of the colonization and Christianization of the region. He receives the submission of the Moors, under the terms of a peace agreement (the famous Treaty of Alcaraz).
  • April 27 Treaty of Bordeaux: King Louis IX (the Saint) and King Henry III agree to a truce that ends the Saintonge War. The truce does not stop the on-going clashes (and further tensions) between France and England.[1]
  • Siege of Viterbo: Emperor Frederick II besieges Viterbo on request of the rebel citizens. The defenders are able to set fire to the siege towers and after signing a peace treaty, Frederick is persuaded to withdraw his army.[2]
  • Siege of Montségur: French forces (some 10,000 men) begin the siege of Château de Montségur to raze the stronghold held by the rebellious Cathars. The castle is defended by some 100 troops and 500 refugees.[3]
  • May 1 The Castillan troops are garrisoned in Murcia, to support the Hudid Dynasty.[4]

England

  • Spring Henry III bestows the custody of Kenilworth Castle to Simon de Montfort. Simon's wife Eleanor, Henry's sister, already owned Odiham Castle (or King John's Castle) so Simon has two of the strongest fortresses in England under his control.

Levant

  • June 12 A Crusader force under Balian III, lord of Beirut, captures Tyre after a long siege. The barons seize the citadel on July 10, with the help of Alice, queen of Cyprus, whose forces arrive on June 15. This ending the War of the Lombards.[5]

Mongol Empire

Religion

Births

  • May 31 James II, Aragonese ruler of Majorca (d. 1311)
  • June 6 Alix of Brittany, Breton noblewoman (d. 1288)
  • June 28 Go-Fukakusa, emperor of Japan (d. 1304)
  • September 2
    • Gilbert de Clare, English nobleman (d. 1295)
    • Walter Langton, bishop of Coventry (d. 1321)
  • Alfonso Fernández el Niño, Spanish nobleman (d. 1281)
  • An Hyang (or Ahn Yu), Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1306)
  • Augustinus Triumphus, Italian hermit and writer (d. 1328)
  • Awaji Nichiken, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 1338)
  • Giles of Rome, Italian friar and archbishop (d. 1316)
  • John I of Chalon-Auxerre, French nobleman (d. 1309)
  • Riccoldo da Monte di Croce, Italian missionary (d. 1320)
  • Roger Bernard III, French nobleman and poet (d. 1302)
  • Zhenjin (or Chingkim), Mongolian prince (d. 1286)

Deaths

  • January 17 Herman V, German nobleman (b. 1180)
  • January 19 Konoe Iezane, Japanese nobleman (b. 1179)
  • February 20 Romano Bonaventura, Italian cardinal
  • March 10 Cyril III, patriarch of Alexandria (b. 1175)
  • April 25 Boniface of Valperga, Italian monk and bishop
  • May 3 Hawise of Chester, English noblewoman (b. 1180)
  • May 4 Hubert de Burgh, English Chief Justiciar (b. 1170)
  • May 7 Hugh d'Aubigny, English nobleman and knight
  • June 4 Constance, margravine of Meissen (b. 1212)
  • June 26 Dardin Shervashidze, Georgian nobleman
  • August 16 Stepan Tverdislavich, Russian posadnik
  • October 15 Hedwig of Silesia, Polish duchess (b. 1174)
  • October 26 Bernat Calbó (or Calvó), Catalan bishop
  • Ermengol IX, Catalan nobleman and child ruler (b. 1235)
  • Fujiwara no Reishi, Japanese empress consort (b. 1185)
  • Haymo of Faversham, English priest and philosopher
  • Indravarman II, Cambodian ruler of the Khmer Empire
  • Maol Eoin Ó Crechain, Irish priest and archdeacon
  • Margaret of Burgundy, countess of Savoy (b. 1192)
  • Umm Assa'd bint Isam al-Himyari, Arab female poet

References

  1. Hywel Williams (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History, p. 140. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  2. Dennis Showalter (2013). The Encyclopedia of Warfare: Medieval Wars 500–1500, p. 77. ISBN 978-1-78274-119-0.
  3. Claude Lebédel (2011). Understanding the tragedy of the Cathars, p. 109. Editions Quest-France. ISBN 978-2-7373-5267-6.
  4. de Epalza, Miguel (1999). Negotiating cultures: bilingual surrender treaties in Muslim-Crusader Spain under James the Conqueror. Brill. p. 88. ISBN 90-04-11244-8.
  5. Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre, p. 185. ISBN 978-0-241-29877-0.
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